Initiation and duration of skin-to-skin contact for extremely and very preterm infants: A register study.

Agnes LinnérSiri LilliesköldWibke JonasBéatrice Skiöld

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)

A minority of extremely and very preterm infants were exposed to skin-to-skin contact on the first postnatal day. Daily duration during the first week of life amounted to less than two hours. Initiation time and daily duration varied among gestational ages.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
soft tissue
low birth weight
wound healing
physical activity
pregnant women
weight gain
body mass index
birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
preterm birth