Tobacco use in pregnancy is a leading cause of perinatal morbidity and contributes in major
ways to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorders and learning disabilities …

While the adverse effects of parental smoking on respiratory health during childhood are
well recognized, its potential impact on early lung development is less clear. This review …

We examined whether the adverse effects of prenatal exposure to tobacco on lung
development are limited to the last weeks of gestation by comparing respiratory function in …

Objective: To determine whether fetal exposure to cigarette smoke impairs postnatal
chemoreceptor control of ventilation and hypercapnic and hypoxic awakening responses …

Objective: Sudden infant death syndrome has been related to both exposure to prenatal
cigarette smoke and impaired arousability from sleep. We evaluated whether healthy infants …

AIM To establish whether smoking is an independent risk factor for sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS), if the effect is mainly due to prenatal or postnatal smoking, and the effect …

Because smoking during pregnancy is a major risk factor for late fetal death and the sudden
infant death syndrome, we investigated cardiorespiratory defense mechanisms to hypoxia in …

Introduction. The laryngeal chemoreflex may explain why prone sleeping increases the risk
of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Swallowing and arousal are crucial to prevent …

Implications The risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) recurring in siblings of SIDS
victims is controversial. The mortality studies of recurrent SIDS have been considered …

Objective: To determine whether infants born to smoking mothers have an abnormal
respiratory drive and a blunted ventilatory response to hypoxia. Study design: Sixty-four …