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1 INTRODUCTION Preterm infants often experience apnea, intermittent hypoxemia, and cardiac events.1, 2 To prevent associated morbidity and mortality, timely detection and treatment of these events is crucial.3 On the other hand, congenital anomalies and illnesses in term infants can also lead to respiratory instability, and thus require cardiorespiratory monitoring as well.4 Monitoring is currently performed by measuring heart rate (HR) with electrocardiography (ECG) and respiratory rate (RR)...