Effects of Skin-to-Skin Care on Late Preterm and Term Infants At-Risk for Neonatal Hypoglycemia.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of prolonged skin-to-skin care (SSC) during blood glucose monitoring (12-24 hours) in late preterm and term infants at-risk for neonatal hypoglycemia (NH).

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective pre- and postintervention study. We compared late preterm and term infants at-risk for NH born in a 1-year period before the SSC intervention, May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014 (pre-SSC) to at-risk infants born in the year following the implementation of SSC intervention, May 1, 2014, to April 30, 2015 (post-SSC).