Swaddling: A traditional care method rediscovered

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-160

  Meyer, Lars Eckehard ^a,b   Erler, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

infantile regulatory disorder; polysomnography; sudden infant death syndrome; swaddling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SWADDLING; WAKEFULNESS;

AROUSAL; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLOTHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 79956353152     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-011-0268-6     Document Type: Article

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