Kangaroo Care modifies preterm infant heart rate variability in response to heel stick pain: Pilot study

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 561-567

  Cong, Xiaomei ^a   Ludington Hoe, Susan M ^b   McCain, Gail ^c   Fu, Pingfu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Heel stick; Kangaroo Care; Pain; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PILOT STUDY; PREMATURITY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEEL; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; TOUCH;

EID: 69249219122     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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