Pilot study shows skin-to-skin care with parents improves heart rate variability in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

Pilot study shows skin-to-skin care with parents improves heart rate variability in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit

BackgroundSkin-to-skin care in the newborn intensive care unit typically lasts for short periods of time and enhances breastfeeding, attachment, and parental self-esteem. Heart rate variability (HRV) increases with gestational age and is a measure of maturation of parasympathetic vs. sympathetic aut...

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Main Authors: Erin Swieter, Jessica M. Gross, Julia Stephen, Kristi Watterberg, Jessie R. Maxwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
heart rate variability
skin-to-skin
preterm infants
intubation
kangaroo care
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2023.1269405/full

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