In:
Pediatric Quality & Safety, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 2, No. 4 ( 2017-07), p. e030-
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of prolonged skin-to-skin care (SSC) during blood glucose monitoring (12–24 hours) in late preterm and term infants at-risk for neonatal hypoglycemia (NH). Study design: We conducted a retrospective pre- and postintervention study. We compared late preterm and term infants at-risk for NH born in a 1-year period before the SSC intervention, May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014 (pre-SSC) to at-risk infants born in the year following the implementation of SSC intervention, May 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015 (post-SSC). Results: The number of hypoglycemia admissions to neonatal intensive care unit among at-risk infants for NH decreased significantly from 8.1% pre-SSC period to 3.5% post-SSC period ( P = 0.018). The number of infants receiving intravenous dextrose bolus in the newborn nursery also decreased significantly from 5.9% to 2.1% ( P = 0.02). Number of infants discharged exclusively breastfeeding increased from 36.4% to 45.7%, although not statistically significant ( P = 0.074). Conclusion: This SSC intervention, as implemented in our hospital, was associated with a significant decrease in newborn hypoglycemia admissions to neonatal intensive care unit. The SSC intervention was safe and feasible with no adverse events.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2472-0054
DOI:
10.1097/pq9.0000000000000030
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2898348-8
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