OBJECTIVE: Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis estimating the association
between KMC and neonatal outcomes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Embase, Web of …

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 …

Objective: To examine changes that occur in infant and parent salivary oxytocin (OT) and
salivary cortisol (SC) levels during skin-to-skin contact (SSC) and whether SSC alleviates …

Background Infant acute pain and distress is commonplace. Infancy is a period of
exponential development. Unrelieved pain and distress can have implications across the …

The knowledge of pain in neonates has increased dramatically in the past 3 decades. It has
been well established that newborns can detect, process, and respond to painful stimuli. 1 …

Abstract The American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) has developed a
position statement and clinical practice recommendations related to procedural preparation …

Aim Kangaroo care (KC) and maternal singing benefit preterm infants, and we investigated
whether combining these benefitted infants and mothers. Methods A prospective …

Neonatal sepsis accounts for significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among
premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Abnormal vital sign patterns serve as …

The holding of an infant with ventral skin-to-skin contact typically in an upright position with
the swaddled infant on the chest of the parent, is commonly referred to as kangaroo care …

Existing research documents NICU-based exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, aberrant light,
excess sound, and restricted social interaction. In total, this creates an environment of co …