Relation of infant heart to sternum: its significance in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
In a radiographic study of 55 infants with an age-range of 27 weeks' gestation to 13 months post-term, the centre of the heart was positioned under the lower third of the sternum in 48 cases. In 4 infants the position was slightly more cephalad, but still below the lower half of the sternum. In 3 infants, the position was below the xiphisternal junction. Present guidelines for infant resuscitation should be revised in view of these findings.
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D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D011859:Radiography; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging