RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Eight principles for patient-centred and family-centred care for newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JO Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP fetalneonatal-2016-312180
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312180
A1 Jean-Michel Roué
A1 Pierre Kuhn
A1 Maria Lopez Maestro
A1 Ragnhild Agnethe Maastrup
A1 Delphine Mitanchez
A1 Björn Westrup
A1 Jacques Sizun
YR 2017
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/04/13/archdischild-2016-312180.abstract
AB Despite the recent improvements in perinatal medical care leading to an increase in survival rates, adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes occur more frequently in preterm and/or high-risk infants. Medical risk factors for neurodevelopmental delays like male gender or intrauterine growth restriction and family sociocultural characteristics have been identified. Significant data have provided evidence of the detrimental impact of overhelming environmental sensory inputs, such as pain and stress, on the developing human brain and strategies aimed at preventing this impact. These strategies, such as free parental access or sleep protection, could be considered ‘principles of care’. Implementation of these principles do not require additional research due to the body of evidence. We review the scientific evidence for these principles here.