Current definitions for neonatal apnoea: Are they evidence based?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Elder, Dawn E ^a   Campbell, Angela J ^a   Galletly, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

apnoea; preterm infant; term infant

Indexed keywords

BREATHING PATTERN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NEWBORN APNEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APNOEA; PRETERM INFANT; TERM INFANT;

APNEA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OXYGEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883827892     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12247     Document Type: Review

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