Placing preterm infants for sleep: First prone, then supine

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Poets, Christian F ^a   Von Bodman, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PRONE POSITION; SLEEP; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 34548716883     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.113720     Document Type: Short Survey

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