BACKGROUND Kangaroo (skin-to-skin contact) care facilitates the maintenance of safe temperatures in newborn infants. Concern persists that infants will become cold while breastfeeding, however, especially if in skin-to-skin contact with the mother. This concern might be especially realistic for infants experiencing breastfeeding difficulties. The objective was to measure temperature during a st...

ABSTRACT Non-invasive bioengineering technologies continuously discovered and developed in recent decades provide a significant input to research development and remarkably contribute to the improvement of medical education and care to our patients. AIM Assessing skin hydration by using the capacitance method for a group of patients with allergic contact dermatitis versus healthy subjects, be...

Contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythematous and pruritic skin lesions that occur after contact with a foreign substance. There are two forms of contact dermatitis: irritant and allergic. Irritant contact dermatitis is caused by the non-immune-modulated irritation of the skin by a substance, leading to skin changes. Allergic contact dermatitis is a de...

AIM Routine care of low birthweight (LBW) neonates relies on incubators for stabilisation. An earlier study suggested that skin-to-skin contact achieves better physiological stability in the transition period when compared to incubator care. The aim of this study was to replicate that study with a larger sample. METHODS A randomised controlled trial with LBW infants (1500-2500 g) randomised a...

Introduction:According to the theory of ethology, separation of infants from their mothers immediately after birth can interfere with the infants’ innate breastfeeding behaviours. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an interventional program, based on the theory of ethology, on infants’ breastfeeding competence. Methods:In total, 114 primiparous, healthy, full-term mothers (withi...