Simple car seat insert to prevent upper airway narrowing in preterm infants: A pilot study

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 907-913

  Tonkin, Shirley L ^a   McIntosh, Christine G ^a,b   Hadden, Wendy ^b   Dakin, Caroline ^c   Rowley, Simon ^b   Gunn, Alistair J ^c,d  

^a New Zealand Cot Death Association   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Apnea of prematurity; Infant car seat; Infant safety; Newborn; Premature

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING; CAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MANDIBLE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NEWBORN CARE; NOSE AIRFLOW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANOXIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OXIMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP;

EID: 0141924650     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.4.907     Document Type: Article

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