The effects of skin-to-skin care on the diaphragmatic electrical activity in preterm infants
: Hanna Soukka, Linda Grönroos, Juha Leppäsalo, Liisa Lehtonen
Publisher: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
: 2014
: Early Human Development
: EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
: EARLY HUM DEV
: 90
: 9
: 531
: 534
: 4
: 0378-3782
: 1872-6232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.04.014
Conclusions: SSC is safe and it is not associated with increased neural activity of the diaphragm. On the contrary, low EAdi minimum values were registered reflecting more complete diaphragmatic de-activation between respiratory cycles. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.