Forehead Skin Blood Flow in Normal Neonates during Active and Quiet Sleep, Measured with a Diode Laser Doppler Instrument

Suichies, H.E. and Aarnoudse, J.G. and Okken, A. and Jentink, H.W. and Mul de, F.F.M. and Greve, J. (1988) Forehead Skin Blood Flow in Normal Neonates during Active and Quiet Sleep, Measured with a Diode Laser Doppler Instrument. Acta paediatrica Scandinavica, 77 (2). pp. 220-225. ISSN 0001-656X

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Abstract:	Changes in forehead skin blood flow during active and quiet sleep were determined in 16 healthy neonates using a recently developed semi-conductor laser Doppler flow meter without light conducting fibres. Measurements were carried out at a postnatal age varying from 5 hours to 7 days. The two sleep states could be distinguished in 17 recordings. The mean skin blood flow values during active sleep were significantly higher (p<0.01) than those during quiet sleep, the mean increase being 28.1%. The variability of the flow signal, expressed as the coefficient of variation, changed significantly from 23.1% during active sleep to 18.2% during quiet sleep.
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Copyright:	© 1988 Blackwell
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/58418
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10633.x
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