Neonatology 2017;112:187-192
https://doi.org/10.1159/000475744 Electrical Grounding Improves Vagal Tone in Preterm Infants
Passi R.a ? Doheny K.K.a ? Gordin Y.b ? Hinssen H.c ? Palmer C.a Author affiliations
aDivision of Newborn Medicine, PennState Health Children's Hospital, and bCollege of Medicine and cDepartment of Clinical Engineering, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Abstract
Background: Low vagal tone (VT) is a marker of vulnerability to stress and the risk of developing necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. Electric fields produced by equipment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) induce an electric potential measurable on the skin in reference to ground...
https://doi.org/10.1159/000475744 Electrical Grounding Improves Vagal Tone in Preterm Infants
Passi R.a ? Doheny K.K.a ? Gordin Y.b ? Hinssen H.c ? Palmer C.a Author affiliations
aDivision of Newborn Medicine, PennState Health Children's Hospital, and bCollege of Medicine and cDepartment of Clinical Engineering, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA
Abstract
Background: Low vagal tone (VT) is a marker of vulnerability to stress and the risk of developing necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants. Electric fields produced by equipment in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) induce an electric potential measurable on the skin in reference to ground...