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Filter by:Developmental care are recognized as a standard of care for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units. Regular skin-to skin contacts during the neonatal stay show short and long-term beneficial effects on preterm infants and their parents. Skin-to-skin contact provides hemodynamic and thermal stability in preterm infants. Regarding parents, skin-to-skin contact sustains the parental bonding, and reduces stress and anxiety related to hospitalization. As a result, early skin-to-skin contact has been associated with an improvement of neurological outcome in very preterm infants. Thermal stability is crucial during the first hour of life in preterm infants. A temperature at admission in the neonatal intensive care unit below 36.5°C or above 37.2°C has been associated with an increase in neonatal morbidity and mortality. Early skin-to-skin contact between a newborn and his/her mother in the delivery room significantly decreases the occurrence of hypothermia below 35.5°C. The practice of skin-to-skin transfer from the delivery room is emerging in France. Pilot studies have been carried out by French neonatal teams that showed the feasibility of this practice in late-preterm, near-term and term infants. Although skin-to-skin contact routinely involves very preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units worldwide, the feasibility and safety of skin-to-skin contact during the transfer from delivery room to the neonatal unit is poorly documented in very preterm infants. Previous data of our team showed that transfer of preterm infants with non-invasive ventilation using skin-to-skin contact was feasible and safe but concerns emerged about the thermal conservation during the procedure. The main hypothesis of this study is that skin-to skin contact during the transfer from the delivery room to the neonatal intensive care unit could prevent heat losses in preterm infants as well as the transfer in incubator. Another hypothesis is that very early skin-to-skin contact could positively influence the neonatal course and the parental experience in the neonatal care unit.
Objective: The objective of the present research is to compare the nutritional status, weight gain, length of hospital stay, and development of some complications in very low birth-weight (VLBW) infants who received and did not receive olive oil supplementation enterally.
This study investigated the effect of the Supplemental Nursing System (SNS)-based feeding on the time to transition to exclusive breastfeeding, sucking success, and the time to discharge in preterm infants
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the use of clinical guidelines in kangaroo care (KB) practice on neonatal and maternal outcomes in premature infants. The study was a single-blind, parallel group (experimental-control), randomized controlled experimental design with pretest-posttest design. It was carried out in the neonatal intensive care unit of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital in Konya province. Study data were collected from 40 premature newborns between September 2022 and November 2022. Premature infants in the intervention (n = 20) and control groups (n = 20) were determined by randomization method.
Preterm infants lack intrauterine sounds suitable for their development as they are born early. In addition, they are exposed to many unfamiliar sounds for weeks or months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where their follow-up and care are continued. , one of evidences is that the maternal voices have an effect on the physiological, neurobehavioral and autonomic functions of the preterm infants. Also, the fact that the maternal voice is a non-pharmacological and non-invasive application has importance for the preterm infant. Therefore, considering the optimal well-being of the infant, it is predicted that using the applications that simulate the extrauterine environment of the preterm infant to the intrauterine environment would decrease the stress behaviors of the infants and would provide the physiological values to be followed up in the positive direction, and as a result of these, it would contribute to supporting the recovery and shortening the discharge period. The study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental design in order to determine the effect of the sound applied on the 26-37 week-old preterm infants on their heart rate, oxygen saturation and comfort level.
During hospital stay, a family centered therapeutic approach is increasingly seen as the preferred clinical and care model to be adopted, since it is effective in promoting the neurobehavioral development of the infant and the psychophysical health of the family. In preterm infant, parental relationship and parental relationship-centered interventions, such as kangaroo mother care (KMC), are actively promoted. Studies carried out with electroencephalography showed that preterm infants who participated in KMC interventions have, when reach term equivalent age, a similar level of maturity as healthy full-term infants. It has also been observed that KMC carried out in preterm infant with gestational age <33 weeks promotes adequate development of the primary motor cortex during adolescence. Recent scientific evidence showed an early response to relational stimulations, in particular to their emotional content, of term infants. After few days of life, the infant's brain picks up messages from the human context and interacts with them. For example, a study using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) showed increased activation of the right frontal cortex in infants in association with their mother's direct speech. Similar neuroimaging studies have not yet been conducted in preterm infants during hospitalization. The aim of this study is to assess the activation of the cerebral cortex of the preterm infant in the course of 1) KMC and 2) listening to their mother's voice, using optical topography, a multichannel NIRS system.
The aim of this study is to determine the effects of faciliated tucking and reiki given manually during orogastric tube insertion in preterm infants treated in the NICU on stress, pain and physiological parameter (heartbeat, blood pressure, SpO2 and respiratory rate) levels.
The preferences to masked and unmasked faces is relevant for premature newborns, since Covid-19, most of the faces that surround them during their hospitalization are masked. The Premask project is a continuation of the InfantMask and BabyMask studies (concerning infant and newborn), by studying the visual preferences to masked and unmasked faces of premature newborns.
To investigate the incidence of preterm birth in IVF fresh embryo transplantation cycle patients after prolonged vaginal progesterone treatment
Recurrent and painful interventions such as heel lancing, venipuncture, dressing change, endotracheal aspiration are frequently performed in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Touch is one of the infant's earliest developing senses. Therefore it is very important among individualized supportive care practices. Correct stimulation of the infant's sense of touch affects psychosocial development positively. In addition, it is reported that touch has a calming and analgesic effect during invasive interventions. Therefore, there is a need for touch appropriate for development of newborn. The aim of this study was determine the effect of Yakson and Gentle Human Touch on pain and physiologic parameters in preterm infants during endotracheal aspiration.