Why the study?
Do 24-hour recordings of prolonged apnea and cardiac arrhythmias predict an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome in low-birth-weight and/or premature infants discharged from the NICU?
Population
Low-birth-weight and/or premature infants within one week of discharge from eight neonatal intensive care…
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Pre-discharge 24-hour recordings should not guide SIDS risk assessment; leaves open whether alternative predictors exist in this population.
Do 24-hour recordings of prolonged apnea and cardiac arrhythmias predict an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome in low-birth-weight and/or premature infants discharged from the NICU?
Prolonged apnea, bradycardia, and cardiac arrhythmias recorded on 24-hour ECG and respiratory monitoring prior to discharge fail to predict sudden infant death syndrome in low-birth-weight or premature infants.
Southall et al. (1982) studied this question.