Kangaroo mother care and neonatal outcomes: a meta-analysis

EO Boundy, R Dastjerdi, D Spiegelman, WW Fawzi… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the association
between KMC and neonatal outcomes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Embase, Web of …

Skin‐to‐skin care for procedural pain in neonates

C Johnston, M Campbell‐Yeo, T Disher… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Skin‐to‐skin care (SSC), often referred to as' kangaroo care'(KC) due to its
similarity with marsupial behaviour of ventral maternal‐infant contact, is one non …

Pain management in newborns

RW Hall, KJS Anand - Clinics in perinatology, 2014 - perinatology.theclinics.com
Routine assessment and management of neonatal pain has evolved to become an
important therapeutic goal in the twenty-first century. During the twentieth century, however …

Premature birth and developmental programming: mechanisms of resilience and vulnerability

F Lammertink, CH Vinkers, ML Tataranno… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The third trimester of pregnancy represents a sensitive phase for infant brain plasticity when
a series of fast-developing cellular events (synaptogenesis, neuronal migration, and …

A systematic review of behavioral and environmental interventions for procedural pain management in preterm infants

LA Hatfield, N Murphy, K Karp, RC Polomano - Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2019 - Elsevier
Problem Current research suggests behavioral and environmental interventions to prevent
neonatal pain prior to an invasive procedure are rarely administered and seldom …

Reducing toxic stress in the neonatal intensive care unit to improve infant outcomes

A Weber, TM Harrison - Nursing outlook, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a technical report on
the lifelong effects of early toxic stress on human development, and included a new …

Neonatal pain and reduced maternal care: early-life stressors interacting to impact brain and behavioral development

SM Mooney-Leber, S Brummelte - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Advances in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have drastically increased the survival
chances of preterm infants. However, preterm infants are still exposed to a wide range of …

Longer duration of kangaroo care improves neurobehavioral performance and feeding in preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial

RA El-Farrash, DM Shinkar, DA Ragab, RM Salem… - Pediatric …, 2020 - nature.com
Aim To investigate the effect of kangaroo care (KC) and its duration on neurobehavioral
performance, stress response, breastfeeding success, and vital signs in premature infants …

Preterm newborn pain research review

T Field - Infant Behavior and Development, 2017 - Elsevier
This narrative review is based on a literature search of PubMed and PsycINFO for research
on preterm newborn pain published during the last ten years. The high prevalence of painful …

State of the art in parent-delivered pain-relieving interventions in neonatal care: a scoping review

A Ullsten, M Andreasson, M Eriksson - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Parents' active involvement during painful procedures is considered a critical
first step in improving neonatal pain practices. Of the non-pharmacological approaches in …