Abstract
Birth at extremely low gestational ages presents a significant threat to infants’ survival, health, development, and future well-being. After birth, a critical period of brain development must continue outside the womb. Neuro-supportive and neuroprotective family centered developmental care for and standardized care practices for extremely preterm infants have been shown to improve outcomes. Neuroprotective interventions must include a focus on the emotional connections of infants and their families. Being in skin-to-skin contact with the mother is the developmentally expected environment for all mammals and is especially important for supporting physiologic stability and neurodevelopment of preterm infants.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 563-583 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2018 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Critical Care
Keywords
- Core measures
- Developmental care
- Integrative
- Neonatal
- Neuroprotection
- Small baby programs