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Kangaroo care improves post‐extubation cardiorespiratory parameters in infants after open heart surgery
Author(s) -
Gazzolo D,
Masetti P,
Meli M
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb00373.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiorespiratory fitness , anesthesia , intensive care , heart rate , cardiac surgery , oxygen saturation , blood pressure , intensive care medicine , cardiology , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry
The aim of this investigation was to study whether kangaroo care could be helpful in full‐term infants subjected to cardiac postoperative intensive care during the early post‐extubation hours. Kangaroo care was performed at 2‐h intervals in the first 12 h after extubation in 5 male infants and assessed by cardiorespiratory parameters. Results showed that, during kangaroo care, heart rate (123 ± 4 vs 128 ± 5 bpm), respiratory frequency (43 ± 3 vs 51 ± 5 breath pm), transcutaneous carbon dioxide (46 ± 2 vs 50 ± 4 mmHg) and central venous pressure (11 ±0.8 vs 12±1.2mmHg) significantly decreased ( p <0.05 for all), while oxygen saturation (78 ± 6 vs 74 ± 5 mmHg) and transcutaneous oxygen pressure increased (42 ±2 vs 38 ± 3 mmHg) (p < 0.05 for all). Conclusion: We conclude that kangaroo care might be a useful technique contributing to stabilization of the cardiorespiratory status in postoperative paediatric cardiac intensive care.