[PDF] Top 20 Early Parent-Administered Physical Therapy for Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

... the infants were 34 to 36 weeks’ PMA. One parent in each family was taught to administer the ...the physical therapist explained and demonstrated the activities, and the parent received a ... See full document

... in Preterm Infants” (NOPPI), consists of a prag- matic randomized controlled trial and a qualitative observational and interview ...term infants before they reach term age as ... See full document

... A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of skin-to-skin care in the delivery room for very preterm infants born at gestational age 28 0 – 31 6 weeks with birth weight >1000 ...grams. ... See full document

... double-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted to evaluate growth, nutritional status, feeding toler- ance, and morbidity in preterm infants ⱕ33 weeks of gestation and ⱕ1600 g ... See full document

... for infants until death, discharge to home, or hospitalization at 120 days and included incidence of late-onset sepsis (a positive blood or cerebral spinal fluid culture obtained in the presence of compatible ... See full document

... of infants in the ...of preterm babies, percentage of ba- bies with gestational age <32 weeks, nurse–patient ratio, mean hospitalization period, total medical expense per patient, top three reasons for ... See full document

... The parents were informed about the study by the study coordinating nurse ⬃ 2 weeks before planned discharge, and written informed consent was ob- tained if the parents agreed to partici- pate. Within gestational age ... See full document

... ment, parent-infant interaction through play, discussion of self-regulation, and ...of preterm in- fants (discharge consultation for the infant and their parent with a medical doctor, offer of ... See full document

... were randomized controlled trials of probiotics for very low birth weight preterm babies; full text English articles; and having been published from 2009 to ... See full document

... Fifteen randomized controlled trials comparing dexa- methasone with placebo in 721 ventilated preterm infants older than 7 days were ...moderately early (7- to 14-day) or delayed ( ⬎ ... See full document

... clinical trial that requires several clinical sites to meet the planned re- cruitment goal needed to test the hypothesis that DHA can reduce early preterm birth ...funded trial (R01 DHA and ... See full document

... 3. Halliday HL, Ehrenkranz RA, Doyle LW. Delayed ( ⬎ 3 weeks) postnatal corticosteroids for chronic lung disease in preterm infants [Cochrane Review]. In: The Cochrane Library. Issue 1. Chichester, United ... See full document

... 120 infants (58 massage; 62 ....04). Infants in the massage group were heavier at end of study and had greater daily weight gain compared with those in the control group; other immunologic parameters, ... See full document

... in preterm infants include increased weight gain [18–20], improved growth and gastrointestinal function [21, 22], im- proved body fat deposition [23], improved neurobeha- vioural outcomes [17, 24–26], pain ... See full document

... group also received 2 visits ( ⬃ 45 min- utes) from a research nurse to listen to what parents had to say about their NICU experience (attention placebo). Nursing and medical staff in the 4 par- ticipating NICUs received ... See full document

... More protocol instructions were declined by clinicians in the EGDT group than the ECHO group (10% vs 2% of all assessments, p = 0.03). Less fluid was administered than was indicated by the study protocol in 50% of ... See full document

... to trial participants through the project website, to the investigators by an internal bulletin, to the registries and journals by publications, and to regulators by the review board ... See full document

... have been previously reported. Briefly, singletons and twins between 500 and 999 g birth weight were eligible if they were mechanically ventilated via an endotracheal tube at study entry (12– 48 hours of life). The study ... See full document

... All infants had birth weights of 500 to 1999 g and had severe respiratory distress syn- drome requiring mechanical ventilation within 6 hours after ...For infants in the treatment group, dexameth- asone was ... See full document

... Preterm infants were randomly as- signed to intervention or control groups, strati fi ed by the severity of white matter abnormality on MRI (none to mild, mod- erate to severe, or no MRI) and singleton or ... See full document