Late pretem

BACKGROUND: Late-preterm infants show lower breastfeeding rates when compared with term infants. Current practice is to keep them in low-risk wards where clinical guidelines to support breastfeeding are well established for term infants but can be insufficient for late-preterm. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate an intervention supporting breastfeeding among late-preterm infants in a maternity service in the Basque Country, Spain. METHODS: The intervention was designed to promote parents' education and involvement, provide a multidisciplinary approach and decision-making, and avoid separation of the mother-infant dyad...

OBJECTIVE: To improve rate of skin-to-skin contact for early initiation of breastfeeding at birth on operation table among healthy term and late pretem babies born by caesarean sections from 0% to 80% in eight weeks. METHODS: A quality improvement initiative was undertaken at maternity-newborn care unit of a tertiary-care hospital. A team involving Neonatologists/Pediatricians, Obstetricians, Anaesthesiologists, and Nurses in concerned areas identified problem areas using Fish bone analysis...

OBJECTIVES: To determine the measures to prevent spontaneous preterm birth (excluding preterm premature rupture of membranes)and its consequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The PubMed database, the Cochrane Library and the recommendations from the French and foreign obstetrical societies or colleges have been consulted. RESULTS: In France, premature birth concerns 60,000 neonates every year (7.4 %), half of them are delivered after spontaneous onset of labor...