Skin-to-skin contact in the delivery room for very preterm infants: a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluating safety, feasibility and effects on physiological parameters of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) from birth between mothers and very preterm infants in a high-income setting.

Design

Open-label randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Three Norwegian neonatal units.

Patients

Preterm infants at gestational age (GA) 28⁰-31⁶ weeks and birth weight >1000g delivered vaginally or by caesarean section (C-section).

Intervention

Two hours of early SSC between the mother and the infant compared to standard care (SC) where the infant is separated from the mother and transferred to the neonatal unit in an incubator.

Results

108 infants (63% male, 57% C-section, mean (SD) GA 30.3 weeks (1.3) and birth weight 1437 g (260)) were in

SUBMITTER: Kristoffersen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039990 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature