The Effect of Auditory Stimulation upon Cerebral Blood Oxygenation in Infants: Measurements by Light Emitting Diode (LED) Near Infrared Spectroscopy.
This study assessed the feasibility of neonatal cerebral oxygen monitoring by near-infrared light spectroscopy (NIRS) using a light emitting diode (LED) based system. We aimed to measure the changes in cerebral oxygen saturation, as regional oxygen saturation and tissue oxygenation index, in response to auditory stimuli. Documenting changes in oxygenation in response to such stimuli will help validate the usefulness of LED-NIRS as a tool in the study of cerebral oxygen saturation in neonates.
Rosen
Harel
H
Division of Neonatology, St. Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (e-mail: rosenha1701@yahoo.com).
Izzetoglu
Meltem
M
Rosen
Arye
A
Onaral
Banu
B
Hiatt
Mark
M
Anwar
Mujahid
M
Bozkurt
Alpert
A