Marian Menninger Adams, MD

Publication Details

• More awakenings and heart rate variability during supine sleep in preterm infants.

  Goto K, Mirmiran M, Adams MM, Longford RV, Baldwin RB, Boeddiker MA, Ariagno RL. Pediatrics. 1999; 103 (3): 603-9

  The Task Force of The American Academy of Pediatrics (1996) recommends the nonprone sleeping position for asymptomatic preterm infants to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. The mechanism by which the nonprone sleeping position reduces the rate of sudden infant death syndrome is unclear for full-term infants and the precise effect of sleeping position on sleep and cardiorespiratory characteristics has never been addressed in preterm infants. The purpose of the present study was to clarify the effect of sleeping position on sleep and cardiorespiratory characteristics in preterm infants at an age when they are ready for discharge.

  PubMedID: 10049964