Irregularities and power law distributions in the breathing pattern in preterm and term infants.

@article{Frey1998IrregularitiesAP,
  title={Irregularities and power law distributions in the breathing pattern in preterm and term infants.},
  author={Urs Frey and Michael Silverman and A L Barabasi and B{\'e}la Suki},
  journal={Journal of applied physiology},
  year={1998},
  volume={85 3},
  pages={
          789-97
        }
}
Unlike older children, young infants are prone to develop unstable respiratory patterns, suggesting important differences in their control of breathing. We examined the irregular breathing pattern in infants by measuring the time interval between breaths ("interbreath interval"; IBI) assessed from abdominal movement during 2 h of sleep in 25 preterm infants at a postconceptional age of 40.5 +/- 5.2 (SD) wk and in 14 term healthy infants at a postnatal age of 8.2 +/- 4 wk. In 10 infants we… 
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