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. 1975;26(5-6):348-52.
doi: 10.1159/000240748.

Effects of low humidity on small premature infants in servocontrol incubators. II. Increased severity of apnea

T K Belgaumkar, K E Scott

Effects of low humidity on small premature infants in servocontrol incubators. II. Increased severity of apnea

T K Belgaumkar et al. Biol Neonate. 1975.

Abstract

Apneic spells were recorded in 8 of 19 premature infants nursed in high and low humidity alternately in servocontrol incubators. A significantly greater proportion of severe apnea occurred in low than in high humidity. It is postulated that this frequency and severity was due to the increased (as well as widely fluctuating) ambient temperature during low humidity.

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