Does daily kangaroo care provide sustained pain and stress relief in preterm infants?

Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-52

  Mitchell, A J ^a   Yates, C C ^b   Williams, D K ^c   Chang, J Y ^c   Hall, R Whit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Kangaroo care; pain; preterm infants; salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL STRESS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SUCTION;

KANGAROO CARE; PAIN; PRETERM INFANTS; SALIVARY CORTISOL;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PARENTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUCTION; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876976080     PISSN: 19345798     EISSN: 18784429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NPM-1364212     Document Type: Article

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