Temporal relationship between pauses in nasal airflow and desaturation in preterm infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Watkin, S L ^a   Spencer, S A ^a   Pryce, A ^b   Southall, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apnea; desaturation; hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NOSE AIRFLOW; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

APNEA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029917445     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199603)21:3<171::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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