Randomized controlled trial of skin-to-skin contact from birth versus conventional incubator for physiological stabilization in 1200- to 2199-gram newborns

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 779-785

  Bergman, N J ^a,c   Linley, L L ^a,b   Fawcus, S R ^a,b  

^a Mowbray Maternity Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Prematurity; Separation; Skin to skin contact; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAMMAL; MATERNAL CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SKIN;

EID: 2942612665     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410028534     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Alberts JR. Learning as adaptation of the infant. Acta Paediatr 1994; Suppl 397: 77-85
2. Despopoulos A, Silbernagl S. Color atlas of physiology. 3rd revised and enlarged ed. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag; 1986: 290
3. Righard L, Alade MO. Effect of delivery room routines on success of first breast-feed. Lancet 1990; 336: 1105-7
4. Widstrom AM, Ransjo-Arvidson AB, Christensson K, Matthiesen AS, Winberg J, Uvnas-Moberg K. Gastric suction in healthy newborn infants. Effects on circulation and developing feeding behaviour. Acta Paediatr Scand 1987; 76: 566-72
5. Christensson K, Cabrera T, Christensson E, Uvnas-Moberg K, Winberg J. Separation distress call in the human neonate in the absence of maternal body contact. Acta Paediatr 1995; 84: 468-73
6. Schore AN. Effects of a secure attachment relationship on right brain development, affect regulation, and infant mental health. Infant Mental Health Journal 2001; 22: 7-66
7. Schore AN. The effects of early relational trauma on right brain development, affect regulation, and infant mental health. Infant Mental Health Journal 2001; 22: 201-69
8. Anderson GC, Chang HP, Behnke M, Eyler FE, Conlon M. Effect on and correlation between infant crying and salivary cortisol. Pediatric Research 33(Part 2): 12A-abstract 571995
9. Anderson GC. Kangaroo care of the premature infant. In: Goldson E, editor. Nurturing the premature infant: developmental interventions in the neonatal intensive care nursery. New York: Oxford University Press; 1999: 131-60
10. Cattaneo A, Davanzo R, Bergman N, Charpak N. Kangaroo mother care in low-income countries. International Network in Kangaroo Mother Care. J Trop Pediatr 1998; 44: 279-82
11. Charpak N, Ruiz-Pelaez JG, Figueroa dC. Current knowledge of Kangaroo Mother Intervention. Curr Opin Pediatr 1996; 8: 108-12
12. Rey SE, Martinez GH. Maejo racional del nino prematuro. Proceedings of the Conference 1 Curso de Medicina Fetal y Neonatal, 1981 Bogota, Colombia: Fundacion Vivar, 1983(Spanish) (Manuscript available in English from UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY: 10017)
13. Ludington-Hoe SM, Anderson GC, Simpson S, Hollingsead A, Argote LA, Medellin G, et al. Skin-to-skin contact beginning in the delivery room for Colombian mothers and their preterm infants. J Hum Lact 1993; 9: 241-2
14. Cattaneo A, Davanzo R, Worku B, Surjono A, Echeverria M, Bedri A, et al. Kangaroo mother care for low birthweight infants: a randomized controlled trial in different settings. Acta Paediatr 1998; 87: 976-85
15. Syfrett EB, Anderson GC. Early and virtually continuous kangaroo care for lower-risk preterm infants: effect on temperature, breastfeeding, supplementation and weight. American Nurses Association, Paper presented at the biennial conference of the Council of Nurse Researchers, November 1993
16. Bergman NJ, Jurisoo LA. The "kangaroo-method" for treating low birth weight babies in a developing country. Trop Doct 1994; 24: 57-60
17. Lincetto O, Nazir AI, Cattaneo A. Kangaroo mother care with limited resources. J Trop Pediatr 2000; 46: 293-5
18. Ludington SM. Energy conservation during skin-to-skin contact between premature infants and their mothers. Heart Lung 1990; 19 (5Pt 1): 445-51
19. Christensson K, Bhat GJ, Amadi BC, Eriksson B, Hojer B. Randomised study of skin-to-skin versus incubator care for rewarming low-risk hypothermic neonates. Lancet 1998; 352: 1115
20. Fischer CB, Sontheimer D, Scheffer F, Bauer J, Linderkamp O. Cardiorespiratory stability of premature boys and girls during kangaroo care. Early Hum Dev 1998; 52: 145-53
21. Whitelaw A, Heisterkamp G, Sleath K, Acolet D, Richards M. Skin to skin contact for very low birthweight infants and their mothers. Arch Dis Child 1988; 63: 1377-81
22. Anderson GC. Current knowledge about skin-to-skin (kangaroo) care for preterm infants. J Perinatol 1991; 11: 216-26
23. de Leeuw R, Colin EM, Dunnebier EA, Mirmiran M. Physiological effects of kangaroo care in very small preterm infants. Biol Neonate 1991; 59: 149-55
24. Ludington-Hoe SM, Swinth JY. Developmental aspects of kangaroo care. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1996; 25: 691-703
25. Anderson GC, Moore E, Hepworth JT, Bergman N. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review. In: The Cochrane Library April 2003. Oxford: Update Software. Updated quarterly
26. Zeller R, Good M, Anderson GC, Zeller DL. Strengthening experimental design by balancing potentially confounding variables across treatment groups. Nurs Res 1997; 46: 345-9
27. Christensson K, Siles C, Morena L, Belaustequi A, de la Fuente P, Lagercrantz H, et al. Temperature, metabolic adaptation and crying in healthy full-term newborns cared for skin-to-skin or in a cot. Acta Paediatr 1992; 82: 488-93
28. Costello A, Francis V, Byrne A, Puddephatt C. State of the world's newborns, a report from Saving Newborn Lives. Washington, DC: KINETIK Communication Graphics Inc.; 2001
29. Davanzo R. Care of the low birth weight infants with the Kangaroo Mother method in developing countries. Trieste, Bureau for International Cooperation in Maternal and Child Health: WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health; 1993