Caring for Infants on Home Apnoea Monitors: A Review of the Literature.

MacLean, Barbara L.

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ERIC Number: EJ521968

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Publication Date: 1996

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Caring for Infants on Home Apnoea Monitors: A Review of the Literature.

MacLean, Barbara L.

Early Child Development and Care, v118 p1-14 Apr 1996

Reviews three areas of literature on home apnea monitoring for infants: (1) identification of infants at risk, (2)technical aspects of monitoring, and (3) families' responses to monitoring. Outlines areas of controversy, including effect of use of home monitors on parent anxiety. Calls for ongoing education for parents who undertake home monitoring. (AJH)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Health, Infant Care, Infant Mortality, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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