Infant care

Care of the Premature Infant

The Labor Room It is accepted that the umbilical cord should be clamped early in known and suspected cases of erythroblastosis. When isoimmunization is not a factor, some advocate late clamping to effect a physiologic transfusion. Others say this produces excessive blood volume, which may be a causative factor in the respiratory-distress syndrome. Studies by umbilical-vein catheterization thus ...

[Care of the premature infant].

The Labor Room It is accepted that the umbilical cord should be clamped early in known and suspected cases of erythroblastosis. When isoimmunization is not a factor, some advocate late clamping to effect a physiologic transfusion. Others say this produces excessive blood volume, which may be a causative factor in the respiratory-distress syndrome. Studies by umbilical-vein catheterization thus ...

Cree infant care practices and sudden infant death syndrome.

OBJECTIVE To identify contemporary Cree infant care practices and any risk factors associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. METHODS A questionnaire conducted and recorded in the homes of 70 Cree women (83% of sample available) with infants under 12 months of age, living full time on a Cree reserve. Participatory observation was also used with mothers who agreed to demonstrate certain fea...

Sudden infant death syndrome: links with infant care practices.

OBJECTIVES To investigate infant care practices in a small ethnic minority population within Britain that might suggest possible factors contributing to the low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome in Asian populations. DESIGN Ethnographic interviewing, a qualitative comparative method drawn from social anthropology. SETTING Central Cardiff. SUBJECTS Non-random sample of 60 mothe...

Care of the newborn infant during maternal-infant separation