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Published online January 2, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 1 January 2007, pp. 221-222 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2832)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Research Failed, but the Patients Are Doing Well

Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH
Teresa Shaw, BS, RN
Department of Pediatrics
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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To the Editor.—

How often have we heard the saying, "The operation was a success, but the patient died?" We wish to share with others our experience and what we learned from a reverse situation: the research project failed, but the patients seem to be doing well.

Several years ago, we became intrigued with nursing research that suggested that playing music for premature infants was associated with significantly improved outcomes.1 Furthermore, we observed in a small group of infants that when a harpist played music in our intermediate care nursery (ICN), the infants seemed to calm and fall asleep. Curious about the physiologic reasons for these observations, we designed a study to evaluate the impact of live harp music on salivary cortisol, heart rate variability, and activity levels in stable premature newborns. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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