Objective: Very preterm infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
experience alterations in sensory experiences. Defining types, timing and frequency of …

Osteopathic medicine is a system of manual diagnosis and treatment. While there is growing
evidence that osteopathy is effective in a range of clinical conditions, the underlying …

To inform changes to the Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences (SENSE)
program, studies investigating sensory-based interventions in the NICU with preterm infants …

Background Neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit are frequently subjected to painful
procedures. Non-pharmacological pain control techniques are useful for reducing …

In utero, the fetus depends on the mother's physiologic systems to regulate its own systems.
At birth, the neonate's basic physiologic needs (ie, feeding, elimination, cleaning, heat …

Background Various non-pharmacologic methods are used to alleviate pain in preterm
infants who spend their first days in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) because they are …

Fatigue is among the most common, debilitating, and distressing symptoms associated with
chronic condition in pediatric population. The purpose of this study was to identify non …

Sleep is essential to brain development and maturation in infants. 1 Infants require extensive
sleep for further development of the neurosensory systems; structural development of the …

Infants born prematurely lose the protection of the uterus at a time of fetal development when
the brain is growing and organizing exponentially. Environmental factors such as stress in …

Objective. Touch is one of the first strong positive senses that develop in neonate.
Therapeutic touch could be considered as a complementary treatment in Neonate intensive …