Wide variations in car seat breathing assessment conducted on premature newborns

A new study has found wide variations throughout the United States in the way hospitals ensure that premature or low birth weight infants can breathe safely in a car seat before discharging them. The same infant who passes a screening in one hospital’s newborn nursery may fail in similar facilities at another hospital’s nursery.

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