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Effect of sleeping position on nasal patency in newborns
O Olarinde1, A R Banerjee, C O'Callaghan
1Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester LE2 7LX, UK.
Abstract:
Sleeping posture has been implicated in the pathophysiology of sudden infant death syndrome. The effect of supine and lateral sleeping positions on nasal patency was investigated using acoustic rhinometry in 11 healthy newborns. The implications of the findings in sudden infant death syndrome are discussed.
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