Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8777763 | Early Human Development | 2017 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Although many different interventions have been reported to promote sleep in infants who require intensive care, there is great heterogeneity across studies: the methods of sleep assessment, the targeted sleep behaviors, and the study populations vary significantly across published reports. Based on the results there seems to be insufficient evidence to recommend any new intervention to promote neonatal sleep on the NICU. However because of the importance of sleep for the development of the neonatal brain we do suggest some key guidelines based on moderate evidence, expert opinion and parental values to improve sleep on the NICU and to direct future neonatal sleep studies.
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Authors
Agnes van den Hoogen, Charlotte J. Teunis, Renée A. Shellhaas, Sigrid Pillen, Manon Benders, Jeroen Dudink,