Abstract The accident data referring to deceased infants, who do not have a child restraint system that complies with safety devices, are alarming. Although the current systems present good level of protection, it is possible design improve performance ones, improvement in being main motivation for this study. This will be incorporated into sedan car, taking account characteristics positioning ...

OBJECTIVE To determine infant sleep instructions that hospital personnel in our community were giving to parents and actual positions practiced after the April 15, 1992 American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for nonprone positioning. DESIGN Survey of mothers of infants </=4 months of age from November 1993 to March 1994 with follow-up survey of selected birth hospitals. SETTING A pri...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011), more than 4,500 infants die annually in the United States of no apparent cause of death. These deaths are defined as sudden unexplained infant deaths (SUID). Half of these SUIDs are because of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is defined as the sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that remains unexplained a...

Does positioning have an effect on GOR? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials (Carroll, 2002) quotes a controlled prospective study of 9 infants with GOR (Orenstein, 1983) which found that positioning at a 60 degree elevation in an infant seat increased reflux compared with the prone position. A later study by the same author (Orenstein, 1990) found no significant difference betwe...

background and aims: to obtain maximum advantages from orthodontic fixed appliances and to achieve the desired final occlusion, correct bracket positioning is highly necessary. in order to measure and determine bracket’s height, diverse gauges have been used. the objective of the present study is to determine and compare bracket positioning accuracy by using height bracket positioning gauge (hb...

The incremental costs incurred by VLBW (less than 1,500 grams) infants during the first year of life accounted for one-third of the $11.4 billion spent in the U.S. on health care. Developmental care for VLBW infants focuses on light and noise management, coordination of interventions to minimize sleep interruptions and positioning/bundling the infant to prevent disorganizaiton and promote self-...

We report the case of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy who sustained an ankle fracture dislocation that could not be adequately closed reduced. After discussions with the patient, her obstetrician, and the anesthesiologists, she was indicated for surgical fixation. A heart tone monitor was used to assess fetal health during the procedure. During surgical incision, the fetus went into...

OBJECTIVE This clinical study investigated the effects of an individually fabricated prone positioner on heart rate, respiratory rate, and scapular position of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. The prone positioner consisted of dense foam with cutouts to position the shoulders forward and toward midline. METHOD Six measurements of scapular rotation, respiratory rate, hear...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this work were to (1) develop a low-cost equine movement tracking collar based on readily available components, (2) conduct preliminary studies assessing the effects of both paddock size and internal fence design on the movements of domestic horses, with and without foals at foot, and (3) describe distances moved by mares and their foals. Additional monitoring of free-rang...