Table 1.
Duration of apnoeas in response to the laryngeal chemoreflex in infants
| Status | Duration (s) | ||
| First apnoea | Total apnoea | Recovery time | |
| RSV positive | 5.0 ± 0.7a | 10.9 ± 1.8a,b | 38.0 ± 6.0a |
| RSV negative | 3.1 ± 0.5 | 5.3 ± 1.0 | 21.0 ± 0.9 |
| Controls | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 1.1 | 19.0 ± 5.0 |
The table is taken from [25], with the permission of Taylor & Francis.
Results are given as means ± SEM. RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; RSV negative, patients with RSV-negative bronchiolitis; controls, patients without respiratory tract infection. ap < 0.05 between RSV-positive patients and controls; bp < 0.05 between RSV-positive patients and RSV-negative patients.