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ERIC Number: EJ545072
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Vagal Regulation of Heart Rate in the Prediction of Developmental Outcome for Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants.
Doussard-Roosevelt, Jane A.; And Others
Child Development, v68 n2 p173-86 Apr 1997
Used heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) assessed at 33 to 35 weeks gestational age to predict developmental outcome at 3 years for very low birth weight infants. Found that RSA measures predicted developmental outcome beyond effects of birth weight, medical risk, and socioeconomic status. For infants < 1,000 grams, RSA maturation predicted mental processing and gross motor skills. (KB)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Heart Rate, Individual Development, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Predictor Variables, Premature Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Social Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Respiration; Respiratory Problems; Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia