ArticleActa paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)2025
Supporting Early Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks' Gestation.
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- Thermal stability during early skin-to-skin vs incubator care in infants born at 22-25 weeks' gestation: a non-inferiority prospective cohort study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- [Interpretation of the "European consensus guidelines on the management of respiratory distress syndrome: 2025"].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Article
- Skin-to-skin contact in neonatal intensive care units: a narrative review of implementation challenges and strategies within infant- and family-centered care.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
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Abstract
aimWhile skin-to-skin care (SSC) early after birth has been demonstrated to promote many benefits in very preterm infants, including thermal stability, less is known about its feasibility in infants born extremely preterm. We aimed to evaluate our practice of initiating SSC in the 1 week of life also in the most immature infants, those born at less than 24 weeks gestation.
methodsRetrospective chart review of all inborn infants with a gestational age (GA) of 22+0-23+6 weeks, during a 5-year period (2015-2019) at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden.
resultsOut of 57 infants, 43 infants (GA 23
conclusionsIn our practice, skin-to-skin care in the 1 week of life is feasible, and in this retrospective study, few infants (5%) experienced hypothermia. Further improvements in the SSC procedure could be expected to further minimise the risk of hypothermia.
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