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Filter by:Aims and objectives: This study was performed to examine the effects of Non-nutritive sucking, breast milk odor, and Facilitated tucking on preterm infant pain before, during, and after heel-stick procedures. Design: A randomized clinical trial in a single center. Methods: The study was conducted on 144 premature infants with a gestational age of 31 to 36 weeks and 6 days hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit of Shahid Sayad Shirazi Hospital in Iran. Neonates were randomly assigned to four groups: 36 babies were included in the Non-nutritive sucking(1st Group), 36 in breast milk odor (2nd Group), 36 in Facilitated tucking (3rd Group), and 36 in the control group (4th Group). Pain score, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and respiratory rate of the babies in all groups before, during, and after the procedure were evaluated by two nurses independently.
Physiological and structural features of premature infants differ from mature newborns. Families worry about touching their very sensitive and fragile babies, which are quite different from their expectations, and they seriously concern about how they will take care of their babies who are cared for by the specialist staff at the hospital when they are discharged to home. Different approaches and models are applied in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) to prepare families, especially mothers, for the discharge process and to overcome these fears of the parents. However, most of the time, investigators observe in both researches and units that these approaches are not efficient. In this study, which investigators started with the questions as "What can investigators do better in this issue?" and "How can investigators help families more in this process?", investigator have seen that Family Integrated Care (FICare) model is applied in some clinics abroad and successful results have been obtained. However, investigators did not come across a study that applied this model and examined the effect of it on parents on being ready for discharge. Since this study will be a first in terms of both this aspect and the application of this model in our country, in this unique study, investigators aim to draw attention to this approach in our country, also contribute to keeping the premature babies healthy. Research Hypotheses: H0 There is no difference between the readiness for discharge of mothers and fathers included in the FICare model compared to the control group. H1 The hypothesis of this study is that the mothers included in the FICare model have higher levels of discharge readiness than the control group. H2 The hypothesis of this study is that the fathers included in the FICare model have higher levels of discharge readiness than the control group.
Infections with multiply antibiotic-resistant bacteria represent a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality amongst hospitalized neonates worldwide. In Southeast Asia, where antibiotic-resistance is a major problem, Gram-negative bacteria account for the majority of such infections. The most common pathogens are Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp., Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia. The great majority of infections with these pathogens represent asymptomatic carriage, though in the absence of routine screening for asymptomatic carriage reliable estimates of the prevalence, rates of transmission between patients, and rates of importation from the community are lacking. Moreover, current understanding of the degree and manner in which different antibiotics act to select for such resistant organisms is rudimentary.