"I also have used or encouraged  Kangaroo Care to be used, but I must admit
I can not picture (nor would it be allowed in our unit) a micronate on a
ventilator participating.  Some infants are just too unstable even off the
vent."

Here are two studies on the topic that look interesting:

Franck LS, Bernal H, Gale G.  "Infant holding policies and practices in
neonatal units."  Neonatal Netw 2002 Mar;21(2):13-20
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui
ds=11923996&dopt=Abstract

"Sixty-four percent of neonatal units offered parents the option to hold
their intubated infants conventionally. In contrast, only 45 percent of the
units offered parents to hold their intubated infants skin-to-skin."

The abstract doesn't say what ages the intubated infants were.


Engler AJ, Ludington-Hoe SM, Cusson RM, Adams R, Bahnsen M, Brumbaugh E,
Coates P, Grieb J, McHargue L, Ryan DL, Settle M, Williams D.  "Kangaroo
care: national survey of practice, knowledge, barriers, and perceptions."
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 2002 May-Jun;27(3):146-53
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_ui
ds=12015442&dopt=Abstract


For PubMed searches generally:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed

Barb Strange

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