Home monitoring.
This article addresses the controversies surrounding home monitoring for the treatment of infant apnea and in the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome. A program for the use of monitoring is outlined for the practicing physician, and the benefits and deficiencies of home cardiorespiratory recording are discussed.
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Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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D006439:Hemodynamics; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012119:Respiration; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000175:diagnosis*