Journal article
Skin‐to‐skin care for procedural pain in neonates
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Skin-to-skin care (SSC), often referred to as 'kangaroo care' (KC) due to its similarity with marsupial behaviour of ventral maternal-infant contact, is one non-pharmacological intervention for pain control in infants.
OBJECTIVES: The primary objectives were to determine the effect of SSC alone on pain from medical or nursing procedures in neonates compared to no intervention, sucrose or other analgesics, or additions to simple SSC …
Authors
Johnston C; Campbell-Yeo M; Disher T; Benoit B; Fernandes A; Streiner D; Inglis D; Zee R
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2017, No. 2,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd008435.pub3
ISSN
1361-6137