Objective. To review the technical principles of transcutaneous Po2 (tcPo2) monitors and
pulse oximeters and to discuss methodological and practical issues related to the use of …

Objective. To describe historic markers and clinical observations of life-threatening child
abuse as diagnosed using covert video surveillance (CVS). Design. A descriptive …

The prevalence of sleep related upper airway obstruction (UAO) was studied in a cohort of
34 children with Down's syndrome from a geographically defined area. Thirty two (94%) of …

Twenty-four-hour electrocardiograms were recorded in the first 10 days of life on 134 healthy
full-term infants with birthweights greater than 2.5 kg. The highest heart rate a minute …

The pathogenesis of bradycardias in preterm infants is poorly understood. Because their
pathogenesis may involve both apnea and hypoxemia, we set out to analyze the proportion …

Objectives To compare the rates of under-5 mortality, malnutrition, maternal mortality and
other factors which influence health in countries with and without recent conflict. To compare …

Twenty-four hour electrocardiographic recordings were made on 104 randomly selected,
healthy 7 to 11-year-old children. Ninety-two were technically adequate and suitable for …

In preterm infants, reliance on the detection of apnoeic pauses and/or bradycardia results in
significant amounts of hypoxaemia remaining undetected. In addition, recordings of …

ABSTRACTS: Infants who subsequently succumb to the sudden infant death syndrome
(SIDS) have higher heart rates and reduced heart rate variation compared with other infants …

A cohort of 53 patients (age range 1.9-16.5 years) with sickle cell disease (49 homozygous
SS and four S beta zero-thalassaemia) was studied for evidence of sleep related upper …