Infant home apnea monitoring: a practical review.
Home apnea monitoring is highly controversial. A system for determining which infants are at risk, who to monitor, how long to monitor and when to discontinue home monitors has been presented. This view is based on our clinical experience and review of the literature.
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Joint Division of Newborn Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
D001049:Apnea / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D009329:Nebraska; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*