What is it about?
This paper explores the effects of repeated painful or stressful procedures that preterm infants undergo as part of routine care within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The review identifies a number of biomarkers of stress and examines how they affect the preterm infant.
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Why is it important?
Being aware of how stress affects preterm infants and the risks for negative sequelae may lead to practice change which could improve long-term outcomes for this vulnerable population.
Perspectives
Stress in the preterm infant can lead to a multitude of negative outcomes such as chronic lung disease, altered cortisol response, altered brain tissue, the risk of blindness and many others. Limiting the number of stressful procedures or providing appropriate analgesia is critical to their development.
Sharon Casavant
University of Connecticut System
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This page is a summary of: Allostatic Load and Biomarkers of Stress in the Preterm Infant: An Integrative Review, Biological Research For Nursing, January 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1099800418824415.
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