The collateral impact of COVID-19 emergency on neonatal intensive care units and family-centered care: challenges and opportunities

L Cena, P Biban, J Janos, M Lavelli, J Langfus… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is disrupting most
specialized healthcare services worldwide, including those for high-risk newborns and their …

Supporting breastfeeding of small, sick and preterm neonates

MA Theurich, M McCool-Myers, B Koletzko - Seminars in Perinatology, 2021 - Elsevier
Breastfeeding is associated with a risk reduction for several acute and chronic diseases in
women and their infants. Health benefits of breastfeeding are especially important for small …

[PDF][PDF] Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: the baby-friendly hospital initiative for small, sick and preterm newborns

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for establishing
lactation and for providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed successfully (1) …

Understanding factors associated with emotional closeness in parents with a preterm infant in the neonatal intensive care unit

V Lebel, M Campbell-Yeo, N Feeley, A Axelin - Early Human Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There is a dearth of knowledge regarding the specific factors associated with
emotional closeness in parents with an infant in the NICU. Aim To determine if parental …

Kangaroo mother care and skin-to-skin care in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: A bibliometric analysis

DC Cañadas, AB Perales, MPC Belmonte… - Archives de …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The desire to understand and the growing interest in research on the effects of
kangaroo mother care in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit have led to a …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental care advantages in preterm infants management

Н Pavlyshyn, I Sarapuk, C Tscherning… - Journal of Neonatal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The study aims to compare the short-term outcomes of standard and developmental care in
preterm infants. The study involved 197 infants with gestational age˂ 32. Standard care …

The impact of neonatal unit policies on breast milk feeding at discharge of moderate preterm infants: The EPIPAGE‐2 cohort study

A Mitha, A Piedvache, B Khoshnood… - Maternal & Child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Facilitating factors and barriers to breast milk feeding (BMF) for preterm infants have been
mainly studied in very preterm populations, but little is known about moderate preterm …

Emotional closeness among NICU fathers: a qualitative descriptive study

V Lebel, N Feeley, É Gosselin… - Advances in Neonatal …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: The unique perspective of fathers with an infant in the neonatal unit on the
development of emotional closeness toward their infant is not well understood. The purpose …

Effect of the Kangaroo Mother Method after Preterm Delivery on Maternal Stress and Anxiety in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Cohort Study

D Cristóbal-Cañadas, T Parrón-Carreño… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The kangaroo mother method (KMM) may benefit infants and mothers in many
ways. However, few studies focused on its efficacy on maternal anxiety and stress …

The role of skin-to-skin contact in exclusive breastfeeding: a cohort study

MJF Goudard, ZC Lamy, STM Marba… - Revista de saude …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
ABSTRACT OBJETIVE To understand the role of exposure to skin-to-skin contact and its
minimum duration in determining exclusive breastfeeding at hospital discharge in infants …