Vibrotactile stimulation system to treat apnea of prematurity

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Pichardo, Roman ^a,f   Adam, Joseph S ^b   Rosow, Eric ^a   Bronzino, Joseph ^c   Eisenfeld, Leonard ^d,e  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Premise Development Corporation   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEONATAL MONITORING;

VIBROTACTILE STIMULATION SYSTEMS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

APNEA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; IMPEDANCE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOSE AIRFLOW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMATURITY; PULSE RATE; SAFETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIBRATION;

APNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 0346668119     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2345/0899-8205(2003)37[34:VSSTTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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