Developmentally supportive care and NIDCAP.
With increasing advances in field of perinatal medicine and new breakthroughs in technology, the perinatal mortality has shown a steady decline worldwide. This has given rise to a new dimension, that of developmentally oriented care of these sick neonates while they are still in intensive care. NIDCAP &developmentally supportive care is aimed at decreasing the stress levels in these babies by individualized care which also involves the family. Growth and development has been shown to get enhanced by this approach. There are only few well designed studies on this issue of extreme importance. This article presents a brief review of current literature as well as outlines relevant policies followed in the author's unit.
Sehgal
Arvind
A
Division of Newborn Care, Liverpool Hospital, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, NSW, Australia. sehgalarvind@yahoo.ca
Stack
Jacqueline
J
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D002657:Child Development; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000379:methods*