Fatal apnea in piglets by way of laryngeal chemoreflex: Postmortem findings as anatomic correlates of sudden infant death syndrome in the human infant

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1163-1169

  Richardson, Mark A ^a   Adams, Jeff ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Crib death; Laryngeal chemoreflex; Petechiae; SIDS

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; OXYGEN; THIAMYLAL; WATER; XYLAZINE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARYNX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXEMIA; APNEA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTORS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LUNG; PURPURA; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SWINE;

EID: 21844442839     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000165458.52991.1B     Document Type: Article

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