Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Fetus and Neonate

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 707-728

  Wolfberg, Adam J ^a,b,c   du Plessis, Adré J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN PERIOD; OXYGENATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERM BIRTH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33748069109     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2006.06.010     Document Type: Review

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