University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Interaction between Heart Rate Variability and Respiration in Preterm Infants
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurology
Publication Date
2008-09-14
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Cardiology | Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology | Neurology | Pediatrics | Respiratory System
Abstract
Several studies have focused attention on cardio-respiratory function as an important indicator of development in infants. In the preterm infant, however, it remains unclear whether respiratory activity already affects heart beat variations at such an early development stage. In this work we investigate the presence of cardio-respiratory coupling in preterm infants by quantifying the interaction between heart rate variability and respiration using multivariate autoregressive analysis. We evaluated the frequency domain indices using standard methods. Results show a significantly higher coupling, as confirmed by surrogate data analysis, in the frequency range associated with regular breathing compared to other ranges. These observations indicate a mild, but present, respiratory sinus arrhythmia in preterm infants.
Keywords
Heart rate variability, Pediatrics, Cardiology, Frequency domain analysis, Hafnium, Data analysis, Anesthesia, Hospitals, Nervous system, Heart beat
DOI of Published Version
10.1109/CIC.2008.4748976
Source
Indic P, Salisbury E, Paydarfar D, Brown E, Barbieri R. Interaction between Heart Rate Variability and Respiration in Preterm Infants. Comput Cardiol. 2008 Sep;35:57-60. doi: 10.1109/CIC.2008.4748976. PMID: 20333264; PMCID: PMC2843516. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Computers in cardiology
PubMed ID
20333264
Repository Citation
Indic P, Salisbury EB, Paydarfar D, Brown EN, Barbieri R. (2008). Interaction between Heart Rate Variability and Respiration in Preterm Infants. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIC.2008.4748976. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/1752