Factors affecting parents' presence with their extremely preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care room.

Aim: To describe parents' experiences of factors that influenced their stay with their extremely preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Methods: This study has a qualitative descriptive design based on semistructured interviews conducted with seven mothers and six fathers.

Results: Opportunities to stay overnight together with their infant facilitated parental presence, and opportunities for taking over their infant's care empowered the parents in their parental role and increased their motivation to stay.

Early skin-to-skin care in extremely preterm infants: thermal balance and care environment.

Objective: To evaluate infant thermal balance and the physical environment in extremely preterm infants during skin-to-skin care (SSC).

Study Design: Measurements were performed in 26 extremely preterm infants (gestational age 22-26 weeks; postnatal age, 2-9 days) during pretest (in incubator), test (during SSC), and posttest (in incubator) periods. Infants' skin temperature and body temperature, ambient temperature, and relative humidity were measured.