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Tandem: Skin-to-skin Transfer From the Delivery Room to the Neonatal Unit for Neonates Above 1500 g
In Brief
An observational study for Preterm Birth and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 73 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) is already standard care for healthy term newborns, but its use for term or preterm newborns requiring admission to neonatal unit (NICU) with or without respiratory support is challenging. This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of SSC during the transfer of newborn infants, using a new purpose-built mobile shuttle care-station, called "Tandem". A monocentric prospective observational study was conducted at the tertiary referral center of the Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium Infants born with a birth weight above 1500g were eligible. Following initial stabilization, infants were placed in SSC with one of their parents and transferred to the NICU using the Tandem.