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The document summarizes the maturation of respiratory reflex responses in fetuses and neonates. It discusses how respiratory control is quite immature compared to adults, involving hypoxic, hypercapnic, and laryngeal responses as well as pulmonary afferent activation. This immaturity results in vulnerability to apnea, especially in preterm infants. The mechanisms behind immature control involve predominance of inhibitory input on respiratory centers early in life.

Author

Ney Va Mont

Language

EN