Diminished vagal tone is a predictive biomarker of necrotizing enterocolitis-risk in preterm infants

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 832-840

  Doheny, K K ^a,b   Palmer, C ^b   Browning, K N ^c   Jairath, P ^b   Liao, D ^c   He, F ^c   Travagli, R A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGUS TONE; VALIDITY; WAVEFORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HEART RATE; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; VAGUS NERVE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RISK; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84901478603     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12337     Document Type: Article

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