Impaired parasympathetic response to feeding in ventilated preterm babies
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- William N. Dudley, Professor Public Health Education (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: HF power, representing primarily parasympathetic activity, did not increase with enteral feeding as anticipated. LF power, an indicator of sympathetic tone, decreased during and after feeding suggesting the anticipated effect of inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system in response to the gut stimulus. Critically ill VLBW infants possess an overriding sympathetic response, but may not have adequate PNS tone development.
Impaired parasympathetic response to feeding in ventilated preterm babies
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal Neonatal Ed 2005;90:F505–F508.
- Language: English
- Date: 2005
- Keywords
- Parasympathetic activity, enteral feeding, sympathetic nervous system, sympathetic response