Publications by authors named "Ryo Itoshima"
Aim: To evaluate the effect of couplet care on parent-infant closeness among preterm infants.
Methods: A comparison study in a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) before and after the introduction of couplet care, including stabilising infants in the delivery unit for early skin-to-skin contact, providing mothers' postpartum care in the infant's room and providing the father's bed in the infant's room. The study included parents of preterm infants born below 35 weeks.
Background: To shorten the hospital stay in preterm infants, it is important to understand the factors extending the length of stay.
Aims: To understand how different discharge criteria affect the length of stay in preterm infants.
Study Design: A retrospective comparison study.
Article Synopsis
- - This study assessed the impact of a neonatal care model called Close Collaboration with Parents (CC) on preterm infants' hospital stays, growth rates, and later healthcare needs in Finland from 2006 to 2020.
- - Preterm infants in the Full-CC group had an average hospital stay that was 1.8 days shorter and showed better growth compared to those in the control group, along with lower rates of unscheduled outpatient visits.
- - The findings suggest that implementing family-centered care practices in NICUs can enhance the efficiency of hospital resources by reducing the length of stay and improving health outcomes for preterm infants.
Background: In infants born weighing ≤500 g, little has been studied about the association between neurodevelopmental prognosis and growth. This study aimed to evaluate the association between neurodevelopmental impairment (NDI) and z-scores of physical measurements in infants born weighing ≤500 g.
Methods: A single-center, retrospective cohort study in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit in Japan.
Aim: Little is known about the specific restriction measures used in intensive care units (NICUs) during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on parental well-being. Hence, this study aimed to assess the association between restriction measures and mothers' post-partum depressive symptoms.
Methods: This comparative cohort study included mothers who gave birth before 35 weeks of gestation in Estonia.
Today, more infants weighing less than or equal to 300 g are born, and they survive because of the improvements in neonatal care and treatment. However, their detailed clinical course and neonatal intensive care unit management remain unknown due to their low survival rate and dearth of reports. A male infant was born at 24 weeks and 5 days of gestation and weighed 258 g.
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