2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The safety of kangaroo care in the normally delivered newborn baby from the view point of the adaptation process in respiration and circulation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20890252
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Lifelong developmental nursing
Research Institution	Aichi Medical University
Principal Investigator	NAKAGAKI Akemi Aichi Medical University, 看護学部, 助教 (30465554)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	新生児 / 呼吸循環適応 / カンガルーケア / 母性看護学
Research Abstract	Chronological changes in the heart rate, respiration rate, percutaneous oxygen saturation and body temperature of 34 full-term neonates were measured for 1 to 2 hours after birth using a biomonitor (Dash 3000 ; OMRON COLIN Co., Ltd). Neonates were divided into a birth kangaroo care (BKC) group in which kangaroo care was implemented immediately after birth (n=16) and a clothed group in which the neonate was given to the parents for cuddling and breast-feeding after being clothed (n=18). Increase in skin temperature to 〓36.5℃ was significantly more rapid in the BKC group than in the clothed group. Four patterns of heart rate fluctuations were also elucidated in neonates immediately after birth.