Safety and effectiveness of skin-to-skin contact in the NICU to support neurodevelopment in vulnerable preterm infants

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-262

  Carbasse, Aurélia ^a   Kracher, Sylvie ^a   Hausser, Martine ^a   Langlet, Claire ^a   Escande, Benoît ^a   Donato, Lionel ^a   Astruc, Dominique ^a   Kuhn, Pierre ^a  

^a Edecine et Eanimation Eonatale   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SAFETY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84881574544     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: 15505073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e31829dc349     Document Type: Article

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