Rosemary S C Horne1, Annie C H Fung2, Scott NcNeil3, Karinna L Fyfe3, Alexsandria Odoi3, Flora Y Wong4. 1. The Ritchie Center, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Department of Pediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: rosemary.horne@monash.edu. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 3. The Ritchie Center, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Department of Pediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 4. The Ritchie Center, Hudson Institute of Medical Research and Department of Pediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Monash Newborn, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence and impact of persistent apnea on heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO2), and brain tissue oxygenation index (TOI) over the first 6 months after term equivalent age in ex-preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-four preterm infants born between 27 and 36 weeks of gestational age were studied with daytime polysomnography at 2-4 weeks, 2-3 months, and 5-6 months post-term corrected age. Apneas lasting ≥3 seconds were included and maximal percentage changes (nadir) in HR, SpO2, and tissue oxygenation index (TOI, NIRO-200 Hamamatsu) from baseline were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 253 apneas were recorded at 2-4 weeks, 203 at 2-3 months, and 148 at 5-6 months. There was no effect of gestational age at birth, sleep state, or sleep position on apnea duration, nadir HR, SpO2, or TOI. At 2-4 weeks, the nadirs in HR (-11.1 ± 1.2 bpm) and TOI (-4.4 ± 1.0%) were significantly less than at 2-3 months (HR: -13.5 ± 1.2 bpm, P < .05; TOI: -7.5 ± 1.1 %, P < .05) and at 5-6 months (HR: -13.2 ± 1.3 bpm, P < .01; TOI: -9.3 ± 1.2%, P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: In ex-preterm infants, apneas were frequent and associated with decreases in heart rate and cerebral oxygenation, which were more marked at 2-3 months and 5-6 months than at 2-4 weeks. Although events were short, they may contribute to the adverse neurocognitive outcomes that are common in ex-preterm children.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the incidence and impact of persistent apnea on heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO2), and brain tissue oxygenation index (TOI) over the first 6 months after term equivalent age in ex-preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: Twenty-four preterm infants born between 27 and 36 weeks of gestational age were studied with daytime polysomnography at 2-4 weeks, 2-3 months, and 5-6 months post-term corrected age. Apneas lasting ≥3 seconds were included and maximal percentage changes (nadir) in HR, SpO2, and tissue oxygenation index (TOI, NIRO-200 Hamamatsu) from baseline were analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 253 apneas were recorded at 2-4 weeks, 203 at 2-3 months, and 148 at 5-6 months. There was no effect of gestational age at birth, sleep state, or sleep position on apnea duration, nadir HR, SpO2, or TOI. At 2-4 weeks, the nadirs in HR (-11.1 ± 1.2 bpm) and TOI (-4.4 ± 1.0%) were significantly less than at 2-3 months (HR: -13.5 ± 1.2 bpm, P < .05; TOI: -7.5 ± 1.1 %, P < .05) and at 5-6 months (HR: -13.2 ± 1.3 bpm, P < .01; TOI: -9.3 ± 1.2%, P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: In ex-preterm infants, apneas were frequent and associated with decreases in heart rate and cerebral oxygenation, which were more marked at 2-3 months and 5-6 months than at 2-4 weeks. Although events were short, they may contribute to the adverse neurocognitive outcomes that are common in ex-preterm children.
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