Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Sep 2000
Comment Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPremedication for intubation in neonates.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Sep 2000
Comparative StudyA comparison of indices of respiratory failure in ventilated preterm infants.
To compare indices of respiratory failure in terms of their ability to predict adverse respiratory outcomes in preterm infants. The indices evaluated were: (a) the alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference (A-aDO(2)); (b) the ratio of arterial to alveolar oxygen tension (a/A ratio); (c) the oxygenation index (OI); (d) the fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FIO(2)). ⋯ There was no evidence of a significant difference between the performance of the a/A ratio, A-aDO(2), and OI in predicting adverse respiratory outcomes. Use of the OI is recommended because of its ease of calculation.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Sep 2000
Skin conductance and the stress response from heel stick in preterm infants.
To evaluate whether spontaneous skin conductance activity is an objective method for measuring the stress response to painful stimuli in premature infants. The number and amplitude of the waves and the baseline increase with the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. ⋯ Spontaneous skin conductance activity reflects the stress response to heel stick in premature infants from at least 29 weeks of gestational age.