Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 55-65 , June 2008

Kangaroo Care (Skin Contact) Reduces Crying Response to Pain in Preterm Neonates: Pilot Results

  • Raouth R. Kostandy, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Raouth R. Kostandy, College of Nursing, Mary Gladwin Hall, room 206B, Akron, OH 44325-3701.
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  • Susan M. Ludington-Hoe, CNM, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Xiaomei Cong, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Adelphi University School of Nursing, Garden City, New York
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  • Amel Abouelfettoh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Carly Bronson, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals and Health System of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
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  • Allison Stankus, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals and Health System of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
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  • Julia R. Jarrell

      Affiliations

    • Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

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 Supported by NIH-1RO3 NR08587 and an Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses grant.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00184-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.11.004

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 55-65 , June 2008

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