TY - JOUR
T1 - Oxidative Stress Biomarker Decreased in Preterm Neonates Treated With Kangaroo Mother Care
AU - Forde, Dorothy
AU - Deming, Douglas D.
AU - Tan, John C.
AU - Phillips, Raylene M.
AU - Fry-Bowers, Eileen K.
AU - Barger, Mary K.
AU - Bahjri, Khaled
AU - Angeles, Danilyn M.
AU - Boskovic, Danilo S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Objective: Due to physiological and metabolic immaturity, prematurely born infants are at increased risk because of maternal separation in many neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The stress induced from maternal–infant separation can lead to well-documented short-term physiologic instability and potentially lifelong neurological, sociological, or psychological sequelae. Based on previous studies of kangaroo mother care (KMC) that demonstrated improvement in physiologic parameters, we examined the impact of KMC on physiologic measures of stress (abdominal temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation, perfusion index, near-infrared spectrometry), oxidative stress, and energy utilization/conservation in preterm infants. Methods: In this randomized, stratified study of premature neonates, we compared the effects on urinary concentrations of biomarkers of energy utilization and oxidative stress of 1 hr of KMC versus incubator care on Day 3 of life in intervention-group babies (n = 26) and control-group babies (n = 25), respectively. On Day 4, both groups received 1 hr of KMC. Urinary samples were collected 3 hr before and 3 hr after intervention/incubator care on both days. Energy utilization was assessed by measures of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) degradation (i.e., hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid). Oxidative stress was assessed using urinary allantoin. Mixed-models analysis was used to assess differences in purine/allantoin. Results: Mean allantoin levels over Days 3 and 4 were significantly lower in the KMC group than in the control group (p =.026). Conclusions: Results provide preliminary evidence that KMC reduces neonatal oxidative stress processes and that urinary allantoin could serve as an effective noninvasive marker for future studies.
AB - Objective: Due to physiological and metabolic immaturity, prematurely born infants are at increased risk because of maternal separation in many neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The stress induced from maternal–infant separation can lead to well-documented short-term physiologic instability and potentially lifelong neurological, sociological, or psychological sequelae. Based on previous studies of kangaroo mother care (KMC) that demonstrated improvement in physiologic parameters, we examined the impact of KMC on physiologic measures of stress (abdominal temperature, heart rate, oxygen saturation, perfusion index, near-infrared spectrometry), oxidative stress, and energy utilization/conservation in preterm infants. Methods: In this randomized, stratified study of premature neonates, we compared the effects on urinary concentrations of biomarkers of energy utilization and oxidative stress of 1 hr of KMC versus incubator care on Day 3 of life in intervention-group babies (n = 26) and control-group babies (n = 25), respectively. On Day 4, both groups received 1 hr of KMC. Urinary samples were collected 3 hr before and 3 hr after intervention/incubator care on both days. Energy utilization was assessed by measures of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) degradation (i.e., hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid). Oxidative stress was assessed using urinary allantoin. Mixed-models analysis was used to assess differences in purine/allantoin. Results: Mean allantoin levels over Days 3 and 4 were significantly lower in the KMC group than in the control group (p =.026). Conclusions: Results provide preliminary evidence that KMC reduces neonatal oxidative stress processes and that urinary allantoin could serve as an effective noninvasive marker for future studies.
KW - allantoin
KW - biochemical marker
KW - hypoxanthine
KW - kangaroo mother care
KW - uric acid
KW - xanthine
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U2 - 10.1177/1099800419900231
DO - 10.1177/1099800419900231
M3 - Article
C2 - 31973579
SN - 1099-8004
VL - 22
SP - 188
EP - 196
JO - Biological Research for Nursing
JF - Biological Research for Nursing
IS - 2
ER -