Skin to skin care in the neonatal intensive care unit: More data regarding seriously ill infants are badly needed

Neonatology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-320

  Bohnhorst, Bettina ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SUPINE POSITION; THERMOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOUCH;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PRONE POSITION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUPINE POSITION; TOUCH;

EID: 70350550022     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000255164     Document Type: Note

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