Spectral analysis of heart rate fluctuations and optimum thermal management for low birth weight infants

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 619-625

  Davidson, S ^a,b,c   Reina, N ^a   Shefi, O ^a   Hai Tov, U ^a   Akselrod, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Heart rate fluctuations; Low birth weight; Spectral analysis; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HEART RATE FLUCTUATIONS; PREMATURE INFANTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

NEONATAL MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POWER SPECTRUM; PREMATURITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031281301     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02510969     Document Type: Article

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