Risk of cardio-respiratory abnormalities in preterm infants placed in car seats: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ojadi, Vallier C ^a   Petrova, Anna ^a   Mehta, Rajeev ^a   Hegyi, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTOR VEHICLE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEAT; SUPINE POSITION; BLOOD; BREATHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART RATE; INFANT EQUIPMENT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OXYGEN;

APNEA; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OXYGEN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 26444486037     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-28     Document Type: Article

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