Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in Preterm Infants: Is It Safe? An Italian Experience
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Study Design
3. Statistical Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Patients and SSC Session Characteristics
4.2. SSC Sessions and Vital Sign Stability
4.3. Further Adverse Events
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Results | |
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Median gestational age, at birth, weeks, (range) | 29 (23–33) |
Median gestational age at SSC, weeks, (range) | 31 (25–34) |
Median birth weight, g, (range) | 1099 (540–1996) |
Median body weight at SSC, g, (range) | 1130 (630–2206) |
Median days of life at SSC (range) | 10 (1–20) |
Respiratory Support, n (%) | |
| 19 (22.9%) |
| 6 (7.2%) |
| 57 (68.7%) |
| 1 (1.2%) |
Catheters, n (%) | |
| 22 (26.5%) |
| 14 (16.9%) |
| 47 (56.6%) |
Before an SSC Session (n = 83) | During an SSC Session (n = 83) | p | |
---|---|---|---|
Sessions with apnea, n (%) | 3 (2.7%) | 6 (4.2%) | 0.351 |
Sessions with desaturation, n (%) | 12 (19.5%) | 20 (30.6%) | 0.314 |
Sessions with bradycardia, n (%) | 10 (9%) | 11 (13.3%) | 0.481 |
Duration of desaturations, seconds (mean ± ds) | 15–350 125 ± 118 | 15–560 115 ± 171 | 0.598 |
Duration of bradycardia, seconds (mean ± ds) | 15–60 28 ± 15 | 15–135 36 ± 34 | 0.746 |
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Bedetti, L.; Lugli, L.; Bertoncelli, N.; Spaggiari, E.; Garetti, E.; Lucaccioni, L.; Cipolli, F.; Berardi, A. Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in Preterm Infants: Is It Safe? An Italian Experience. Children 2023, 10, 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030570
Bedetti L, Lugli L, Bertoncelli N, Spaggiari E, Garetti E, Lucaccioni L, Cipolli F, Berardi A. Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in Preterm Infants: Is It Safe? An Italian Experience. Children. 2023; 10(3):570. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030570
Chicago/Turabian StyleBedetti, Luca, Licia Lugli, Natascia Bertoncelli, Eugenio Spaggiari, Elisabetta Garetti, Laura Lucaccioni, Federica Cipolli, and Alberto Berardi. 2023. "Early Skin-to-Skin Contact in Preterm Infants: Is It Safe? An Italian Experience" Children 10, no. 3: 570. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10030570