Supine sleeping position does not cause clinical aspiration in neonates in hospital newborn nurseries

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 507-510

  Tablizo, Mary Anne ^a,d   Jacinto, Penny ^b   Parsley, Dawn ^c   Chen, Maida Lynn ^a   Ramanathan, Rangasamy ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Kaweah Delta Health Care District   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN VOMITING; NURSERY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH SUCTION; SUCTION; SUPINE POSITION; TACTILE STIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION; MALE; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SUCTION; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248171819     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.5.507     Document Type: Article

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