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. 1988 Jul;63(7 Spec No):755-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.63.7_spec_no.755.

Reduction of head flattening in preterm infants

P H Cartlidge  1 , N Rutter
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Reduction of head flattening in preterm infants

P H Cartlidge et al. Arch Dis Child. 1988 Jul.

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.

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