title: A physiologic method for monitoring premature infants.
abstract: Instrumentation capable of handling 12 continuous hours of nine-channel real-time physiologic data sampled at 10Hz was needed to test within and between subject variability and preterm infant responses to skin-to-skin contact with the mother. A review of basic electrical components, electrical principles related to physiologic monitoring, and electrophysiology concepts generic to physiologic monitoring is presented. The development, specifications and applications of a new instrument to monitor premature infant cardiorespiratory adaptations are discussed.
mesh_terms: D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors; D014110:Touch