Effect of Parent Presence During Multidisciplinary Rounds on NICU-Related Parental Stress.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of parent presence during multidisciplinary rounds on NICU-related parental stress.

Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Setting: University-affiliated, 24-bed NICU located within a children's hospital that admits infants from birth to 6 months of age.

Therapeutic hypothermia: treatment for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in the NICU.

Baby M was born limp, blue, and without respiratory effort at 38 weeks gestation to a 38-year-old, gravida 5, para 1, woman. Delivery was vaginal after a rapid progression of labor leaving no opportunity for a cesarean section. No other complications were noted during labor but a large surge at delivery, later diagnosed as uterine rupture, initially raised concerns about placental abruption.