Effects of body position on thermal, cardiorespiratory and metabolic activity in low birth weight infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 497-501

  Ammari, Amer ^a   Schulze, Karl F ^a   Ohira Kist, Kiyoko ^a   Kashyap, Sudha ^a   Fifer, William P ^a,b   Myers, Michael M ^a,b   Sahni, Rakesh ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prone; Sudden infant death syndrome; Supine; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREARM; FOREHEAD; GAS EXCHANGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; LEG; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METABOLIC REGULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SLEEP PATTERN; SUPINE POSITION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 67651180559     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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