Kangaroo Care and Behavioral and Physiologic Pain Responses in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Twins: A Case Study

Pain Management Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-138

  Cong, Xiaomei ^a   Cusson, Regina M ^a   Hussain, Naveed ^b   Zhang, Di ^a   Kelly, Sharon P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Section of Trauma Burns and Critical Care   (United States)

^c Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NURSING; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; TWINS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; MOTHERS; PAIN; SLEEP; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865573375     PISSN: 15249042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2010.10.035     Document Type: Article

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