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Continuous slow-speed electrocardiographic monitoring in normal premature infants revealed a high incidence of marked sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia, and nodal rhythm.
Continuous monitoring with slow-speed ECG tape recorders reveals a high incidence of arrhythmias in normal premature infants compared to conventional techniques.
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Findings should not change monitoring in premature infants; leaves open whether these rhythms are benign or require prospective outcome studies.
The cardiac rhythm has been monitored in 20 normal premature infants for a period of 5 hours utilizing a slow-speed electrocardiographic tape recorder. In contrast to studies using conventional electrocardiographic techniques, this survey revealed a high incidence of marked sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia, and nodal rhythm.
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Morgan et al. (1965) studied this question. Continuous slow-speed electrocardiographic monitoring in normal premature infants revealed a high incidence of marked sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia, and nodal rhythm.
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