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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 892-898Publisher
INT PEDIATRIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000088074.97781.4F
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01-DK51562] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM64640] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK051562] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM064640] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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We introduce the sample asymmetry analysis (SAA) and illustrate its utility for assessment of heart rate characteristics occurring early in the course of neonatal sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). Conceptually, SAA describes changes in the shape of the histogram of RR intervals that are caused by reduced accelerations and/or transient decelerations of heart rate. Unlike other measures of heart rate variability, SAA allows separate quantification of the contribution of accelerations and decelerations. The application of SAA is exemplified by a study comparing 50 infants, who experienced a total of 75 episodes of sepsis and SIRS, with 50 control infants. The two groups were matched by birth weight and gestational age. RR intervals were recorded for all infants throughout their course in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The sample asymmetry of the RR intervals increased in the 3-4 d preceding sepsis and SIRS, with the steepest increase in the last 24 h, from a baseline value of 3.3 (SD = 1.6) to 4.2 (SD = 2.3), p = 0.02. After treatment and recovery, sample asymmetry returned to its baseline value of 3.3 (SD = 1.3). The difference between sample asymmetry in health and before sepsis and SIRS was mainly due to fewer accelerations than to decelerations. Compared with healthy infants, infants who experienced sepsis had similar sample asymmetry in health, and elevated values before sepsis and SIRS (p = 0.002). We conclude that SAA is a useful new mathematical technique for detecting the abnormal heart rate characteristics that precede neonatal sepsis and SIRS.
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