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Original Research

Nested and swaddled positioning support in the prone position facilitates sleep and heart rate stability in very low birth weight infants

Hideki Kihara1 Department of Rehabilitation, Nagano Children’s Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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Tomohiko Nakamura2 Division of Neonatology, Nagano Children’s Hospital, Nagano, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 11-14 | Published online: 25 Mar 2013

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