Beyond sweetness and warmth: transition of the preterm infant
Date
2008
Authors
Reynolds, G J
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Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
Keeping babies warm and sweet after
birth has been a long-held goal for those
that care for the newborn, particularly
very preterm babies. Add to this, adequate
oxygenation and it would seem that the
baby is set up for an uneventful passage
through the special-care baby unit. Recent
innovations have included continuous
positive airways pressure, and prophylactic
surfactant administration with the
transitional care processes. As the urgency
to lock in these measures at resuscitation
increases there is an even greater anxiety
that the baby is passed to the hands of the
neonatal team sooner. Such pressure has
always been there but are we now missing
an important aspect of transition already
accepted as being desirable in the term
infant?
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constriction, fetal blood, humans, infant care, infant, newborn, infant, newborn, diseases, intensive care, neonatal, time factors, infant, premature, umbilical cord
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Source
Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Type
Journal article