Time of initiation of skin-to-skin contact in extremely preterm infants in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-18

  Mörelius, Evalotte ^a   Angelhoff, Charlotte ^b   Eriksson, Jennie ^b   Olhager, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Children's Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Kangaroo mother care; Nursing; Skin to skin contact; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RISK FOR BABIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT; SWEDEN; TIME; VENTILATOR;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955187749     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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