Effect of positioning on pulmonary function of newborns: Comparison of supine and prone position

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Shen, Xiao Ming ^a,c   Zhao, Wei ^b   Huang, Da Shu ^b   Lin, Feng Gu ^b   Wu, Sheng Mei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research   (China)

Author keywords

Newborn Infants; position effect; pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRYING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0029967536     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199603)21:3<167::AID-PPUL3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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