Car seat test for preterm infants: Comparison with polysomnography

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Elder, Dawn E ^a,b   Russell, Letitia ^c   Sheppard, Deidre ^b   Purdie, Gordon L ^b   Campbell, Angela J ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CAR SEAT TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSING STAFF; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP; STOMACH PH; TECHNIQUE;

EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 35748967251     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.109488     Document Type: Article

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