What to do about apnea of prematurity?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1015-1016

  Martin, Richard J ^a   Wilson, Christopher G ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MECHANOSENSORY STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANOXIA; APNEA; AROUSAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; OXYGEN; PERIODICITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SLEEP; VIBRATION;

EID: 70350133835     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00940.2009     Document Type: Editorial

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