Extremely preterm infants tolerate skin-to-skin contact during the first weeks of life

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1145-1149

  Maastrup, Ragnhild ^a   Greisen, Gorm ^a,b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extremely preterm infants; Skin temperature; Skin to skin contact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOUCH;

EID: 77954357815     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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