scholarly journals Light Reduction Capabilities of Homemade and Commercial Incubator Covers in NICU

ISRN Nursing ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. Ludington-Hoe ◽  
Amel Abouelfettoh
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Light Level ◽  
Light Stimulation ◽  
Light Reduction ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Developmentally Supportive Care ◽  
Incubator Covers

Reduction of high-risk neonates’ exposure to aversive light stimulation is an important component of developmentally supportive care. In neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), usually light is reduced by reducing the room’s light level or by using incubator covers. Many types of incubator covers are in use, including homemade and commercial covers. A comparative study was used to determine the light reducing capabilities of 19 homemade incubator covers, 2 commercial covers, and 1 receiving blanket. The covers were tested by covering and uncovering an incubator and an oxygen hood in the NICU during daytime and nighttime lightings. The light reducing capabilities value was determined for each cover using an Extech light dosimeter when the cover was placed over and removed from an oxyhood, and an incubator. The study showed that the light reducing capability of the commercial covers was 91.2%, the homemade covers capability was 72.1%, and the receiving blankets capability was 55.1%. A significant difference between the commercial and homemade covers was found (F=452.50, P<0.00). Commercial incubator covers are the most effective covers to achieve light reduction; homemade covers can be effective if made large enough so that they completely cover all sides of the incubator.

Sibling Visiting in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 835-838
Author(s):  
Fred Schwab ◽  
Brenda Tolbert ◽  
Stephen Bagnato ◽  
M. Jeffrey Maisels
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Control Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference

The effect of sibling visiting in a neonatal intensive care unit was studied. Sixteen siblings of 13 infants were randomly assigned to a visiting or nonvisiting group. Behavioral patterns were measured by questionnaires administered to the parents and by direct observation and interviews with the children. There were no significant changes in the behavior of the children following the birth of their sibling, and there was no significant difference between the behavior scores of the two groups 1 week after the experimental (or control) intervention. The visiting children did not show signs of fear or anxiety during the visit. These data suggest that sibling visiting to a neonatal intensive care unit is not likely to be harmful and might be beneficial to the siblings and their families.

scholarly journals Need for a structured policy for discharging high-risk preterm neonatal intensive care unit graduate in the coronavirus disease pandemic era

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-108
Author(s):  
Purbasha Mishra ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Mohanty ◽  
Tapas Kumar Som ◽  
Mohammad Zakiulla ◽  
Tanushree Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care

scholarly journals High-risk phenotypes of genetic disease in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit population

2022 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiantian Xiao ◽  
Qi Ni ◽  
Huiyao Chen ◽  
Huijun Wang ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Genetic Disease ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit Population

Shiva’s Babies

2019 ◽  
pp. 124-141
Author(s):  
Swasti Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Nationwide Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Humility ◽  
Religious Perspectives

Discussing religious views from within any tradition is challenging because they are not monolithic. However, it is worth exploring religious perspectives because they are often the foundation, whether conscious or not, of the reasoning underlying people’s decisions. Following a brief discussion on the importance of cultural humility and understanding the worldview of patients, the author focuses on Hindu perspectives regarding the care of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Along with applying six elements of Hindu thought (underlying unity of all life, multivalent nature of Hindu traditions, dharma, emphasis on societal good, karma, and ahimsa), the author incorporates perspectives of Hindu adults, living in the United States, who responded to a nationwide survey regarding the care of high-risk newborn infants in the hospital.

scholarly journals TARGET, PRESCRIPTION AND INFUSION OF ENTERAL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY OF CRITICAL PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabela Bernasconi JOSÉ ◽  
Vânia Aparecida LEANDRO-MERHI ◽  
José Luis Braga de AQUINO
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Nutritional Therapy ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Nutritional Risk ◽  
Albumin Ratio ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Enteral nutritional therapy (ENT) is the best route for the nutrition of critically ill patients with improved impact on the clinical treatment of such patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the energy and protein supply of ENT in critically ill in-patients of an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). METHODS: Prospective longitudinal study conducted with 82 critically ill in-patients of an ICU, receiving ENT. Anthropometric variables, laboratory tests (albumin, CRP, CRP/albumin ratio), NUTRIC-score and Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002), energy and protein goals, and the inadequacies and complications of ENT were assessed. Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square or Fischer tests and the Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: A total of 48.78% patients were at high nutritional risk based on NUTRIC score. In the CRP/albumin ratio, 85.37% patients presented with a high risk of complications. There was a statistically significant difference (P<0.0001) for all comparisons made between the target, prescription and ENT infusion, and 72% of the quantities prescribed for both calories and proteins was infused. It was observed that the difference between the prescription and the infusion was 14.63% (±10.81) for calories and 14.21% (±10.5) for proteins, with statistically significant difference (P<0.0001). In the relationship between prescription and infusion of calories and proteins, the only significant association was that of patients at high risk of CRP/albumin ratio, of which almost 94% received less than 80% of the energy and protein volume prescribed (P=0.0111). CONCLUSION: The administration of ENT in severely ill patients does not meet their actual energy and protein needs. The high occurrence of infusion inadequacies, compared to prescription and to the goals set can generate a negative nutritional balance.

scholarly journals Universal screening of high-risk neonates, parents, and staff at a neonatal intensive care unit during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 179 (12) ◽  
pp. 1949-1955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Elena Cavicchiolo ◽  
Daniele Trevisanuto ◽  
Elisabetta Lolli ◽  
Veronica Mardegan ◽  
Anna Maria Saieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Universal Screening ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care
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