PEDIATRICS Vol. 35 No. 4 April 1965, pp. 658-661
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CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS IN PREMATURE INFANTS

Beverly C. Morgan M.D.1, Ronald S. Bloom A.B.1, and Warren G. Guntheroth M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

The cardiac rhythm has been monitored in 20 normal premature infants for a period of 5 hours utilizing a slow-speed electrocardiographic tape recorder. In contrast to studies using conventional electrocardiographic techniques, this survey revealed a high incidence of marked sinus arrhythmia, sinus bradycardia, and nodal rhythm.

Submitted on July 21, 1964
Accepted on September 26, 1964