Nurturing the Premature Infant: Developmental Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care NurseryEdward Goldson Traditionally, non-medical, developmental intervention with premature infants has been a controversial topic in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). However, a small but growing band of researchers have been pushing for the acceptance of alternative interventions, such as kangaroo care and massage therapy, that do not resort to surgical or other medical practices. Edward Goldson, a pediatrician at Children's Hospital in Colorado, has assembled the top researchers in the field to contribute to this comprehensive volume that deals with non-medical intervention with premature infants. Nurturing the Premature Infant is the first to combine the innovative research in this growing area and present it in a single volume. Not only will it be indispensable to professionals in the field, but it will also be of interest to parents of premature infants. |
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... fetus . The immature organism floats in the amniotic fluid , a salt solution that is essentially a gravity - free environment , and bumps gentiy against the uterine walls . Under most circumstances a fetus has all his nutritional and ...
... fetus . The immature organism floats in the amniotic fluid , a salt solution that is essentially a gravity - free environment , and bumps gentiy against the uterine walls . Under most circumstances a fetus has all his nutritional and ...
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... fetus can hear sounds and is able to respond to those stimuli ( Sound Study Group , in press ) . At 24 30 weeks of gestational age , a fetus develops synchronous and conjugate eye movements ( Birnholz , 1981 ) . Also at this age a fetus ...
... fetus can hear sounds and is able to respond to those stimuli ( Sound Study Group , in press ) . At 24 30 weeks of gestational age , a fetus develops synchronous and conjugate eye movements ( Birnholz , 1981 ) . Also at this age a fetus ...
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Contents
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2 Reading the Premature Infant | 18 |
3 A Conceptual Framework for Interventions with Low Birthweight Premature Children and Their Families | 86 |
4 Infant Massage Therapy | 102 |
Findings and New Methods for Evaluating Intervention Effects | 111 |
6 Kangaroo Care of the Premature Infant | 131 |
7 The Breathing Bear and the Remarkable Premature Infant | 161 |
8 Clinical Research Implications for Developmental Interventions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | 182 |
Index | 193 |
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