Reduction of head flattening in preterm infants.
Open Access
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 63 (7 Spec No) , 755-757
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.63.7_spec_no.755
Abstract
During the first few weeks of life many preterm infants develop flattened heads. We have shown that this deformity can be reduced by nursing preterm infants on soft, air filled mattresses of the type used for detecting apnoea.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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