Tactile stimulation in the delivery room: do we practice what we preach?

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2019 Nov;104(6):F661-F662. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316344. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

Authors

Tessa M A van Henten^{1

2}, Janneke Dekker¹, Arjan B Te Pas¹, Sanja Zivanovic², Stuart B Hooper^{3

4}, Charles C Roehr²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ The Ritchie Centre, The Hudson Institute for Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 30824474
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316344

No abstract available

Keywords: birth; breathing; preterm infant; stabilization; tactile stimulation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Analysis of Variance
Delivery, Obstetric / methods
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Physical Stimulation / methods*
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Respiration*
Touch*