Open AccessIs prone sleeping dangerous for neonates? Polysomnographic characteristics and NDN gene analysis
Author(s) -
Shi-Bing Wong,
Lulu Zhao,
Shu-Hua Chuang,
WenHsiang Tsai,
Chun-Hsien Yu,
Li-Ping Tsai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tzu-chi medical journal/cí-jì yīxué
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2223-8956
pISSN - 1016-3190
DOI - 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_29_18
Subject(s) - medicine
Prone sleep is an identified risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome, possibly due to reduced blood pressure, cerebral oxygenation, and impaired cerebral vascular control. Cardiac and respiratory responses in neonates during supine and prone sleep have not been reported.