Several studies have focused on neonatal maternal separation (MS) to investigate
behavioural and neuroendocrine reactions to lack of contact, but only a few have focused on …

The central autonomic nervous system (ANS) is essential for maintaining cardiovascular and
respiratory homeostasis in the newborn and has a critical role in supporting higher cortical …

This study in preterm infants was designed to characterize the prognostic potential of several
features of heart rate variability (HRV), respiration, and (infant) motion for the predictive …

The purpose of this review is to serve as an introduction to understanding sleep in the fetus,
the preterm neonate and the term neonate. Sleep appears to have numerous important …

The aim of this study is to develop an explainable late-onset sepsis (LOS) prediction
algorithm using continuous multi-channel physiological signals that can be applied to a …

Background Neonatal heart rate variability (HRV) is widely used as a research tool.
However, HRV calculation methods are highly variable making it difficult for comparisons …

In this paper, our goal is to explore what is known about the role of social touch during
development. We first address the neural substrates of social touch and the role of tactile …

Abstract Background The imapct of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in neonates is positively
reported in the literature. However, several challenges hindered the wide-scale application …

Background: Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are exposed to many
stressors. There is growing evidence that chronic stress early in life has long-term …

Aim Prone and kangaroo care positioning of preterm infants during intragastric tube feeding
were compared with regard to post prandial gastric residual volume, vital signs and infant …