Skin-to-skin contact (Kangaroo Care) analgesia for preterm infant heel stick.
AACN Clin Issues
; 16(3): 373-87, 2005.
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The purpose of the study was to compare a heel stick conducted during Kangaroo Care (skin-to-skin contact) with the mother to a heel stick in a warmer in reducing premature infant physiologic and behavioral pain responses. Twenty-four premature infants in a university-based neonatal intensive care unit were recruited and randomized to 2 sequences: sequence A group received 3 hours of Kangaroo Care (with a heel stick in Kangaroo Care) followed by 3 hours in a warmer (with a heel stick in the warmer). Sequence B group had warmer care and a heel stick (in the warmer) before Kangaroo Care and a heel stick (in Kangaroo Care). Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, crying time, and behavioral state were measured before, during, and after heel stick. Repeated measures ANOVA and Mann Whitney U statistics were performed. Heart rate and length of crying in response to pain were significantly reduced during Kangaroo Care and the Kangaroo Care heel stick as compared to when infants were in the warmer and had a heel stick in the warmer. Three infants did not cry at all during the Kangaroo Care heel stick; infants slept more during Kangaroo Care than in the warmer. Kangaroo Care positioning before and during heel stick is a simple and inexpensive analgesic intervention to ameliorate pain in stable premature infants.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor
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Recolección de Muestras de Sangre
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Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal
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Enfermería Neonatal
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Analgesia
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Cuidado del Lactante
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Enfermedades del Prematuro
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AACN Clin Issues
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos