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Skin-to-Skin Contact Beginning in the Delivery Room for Colombian Mothers and Their Preterm Infants

Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, CNM, PhD

NIH, National Institute of Nursing Research Grant R01 NR02251.

Gene C. Anderson, RN, PhD

Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sharleen Simpson, RN, PhD

University of Florida College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL.

Annie Hollingsead, RN, MN

Mercy Hospital Birthing Center, Bakersfield, CA.

Luz Angela Argote, RN, MN

Gladys Medellin, RN, MN

Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Humberto Rey, MD

Department of Pediatrics; Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

To determine if the transition to extrauterine life is facilitated by skin-to-skin contact, six relatively low risk preterm infants experienced six continuous hours of skin-to-skin contact on their mothers' chests beginning within 30 minutes of birth. Heart and respiratory rates and oxygen saturation remained within normal limits and all infant temperatures rose rapidly to thermoneutral range. Two infants developed grunting respirations by the time skin-to-skin contact began, but the grunting disappeared with warm, humidified oxygen and continuous skin-to-skin contact. All infants were fully breastfeeding and ready for discharge by 24-48 hours postbirth. Early skin-to-skin contact was safe and seemed beneficial for these relatively low risk preterm infants.

Key Words: breastfeeding • kangaroo care • premature infants • respiratory distress • skin-to-skin contact

Journal of Human Lactation, Vol. 9, No. 4, 241-242 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/089033449300900424
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