Cardiovascular responses to three simple, provocative tests of autonomic activity in sleeping infants.
J Appl Physiol (1985)
; 91(2): 561-8, 2001 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Whereas defective cardiovascular autonomic control has been implicated in the sudden infant death syndrome, relatively little is known about the normal development of autonomic control, due to the inability to measure blood pressure in infants noninvasively. We studied 12 normal infants [age 13 +/- 2 (SD) wk] using a noninvasive method of continuous blood pressure recording and examined the cardiovascular responses to 45 degrees head-up tilting, a modified cold face test, and a loud noise. In head-up tilting, in both slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep, all infants displayed a rapid biphasic heart rate response (mean increase of 16% and mean decrease of 21%) and blood pressure response (mean increase of 16% and mean decrease of 16%), with a return to pretest values within 20 s. Both ice and noise caused a less pronounced biphasic response. In conclusion, at 3 mo, infants show the adult pattern of response to postural challenge. The short latency of the response suggests that neural inputs, apart from baroreceptors, are involved in the initial phase of the response.
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Assunto principal:
Sono
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Sistema Nervoso Autônomo
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Pressão Sanguínea
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Frequência Cardíaca
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Appl Physiol (1985)
Assunto da revista:
FISIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA