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Table 1 Duration of apnoeas in response to the laryngeal chemoreflex in infants

From: Extrapulmonary manifestations of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection – a systematic review

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

  1. The table is taken from [25], with the permission of Taylor & Francis.
  2. 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.