Moderate acoustic changes can disrupt the sleep of very preterm infants in their incubators

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 949-954

  Kuhn, Pierre ^a   Zores, Claire ^a   Langlet, Claire ^a   Escande, Benoît ^a   Astruc, Dominique ^a   Dufour, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Arousal; Noise; Preterm newborns; Signal to noise ratio; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL INCUBATOR; NEWBORN; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLEEP; SOUND PRESSURE; VIDEORECORDING;

AROUSAL; NOISE; PRETERM NEWBORNS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SLEEP;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; NOISE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SLEEP; VIDEO RECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84883552663     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12330     Document Type: Article

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