Vk. Rehan et al., EFFECTS OF CENTRAL APNEA ON CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW VELOCITY IN HEALTHY TERM INFANTS, The Journal of pediatrics, 126(6), 1995, pp. 979-982
We evaluated a new method of monitoring cerebral blood flow velocity (
CBFV) and described changes in CBFV in relation to central apnea in 17
healthy term infants. The area under the velocity curve during apnea
did not change, whereas area under the velocity curve per the waveform
showed a significant difference, suggesting that stability is maintai
ned through an increase in CBFV with each heartbeat. The maintenance o
f cerebral hemodynamics during isolated central apnea supports the ass
umption that these episodes are benign.