Early developmental care interventions of preterm very low birth weight infants
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sudip Dutta; Selvam Ramachandran
- Source
- Indian pediatrics. 50(8)
- Subject
- Massage
Therapeutic touch
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Therapeutic Touch
Psychological intervention
MEDLINE
Infant, Newborn
Low birth weight
Child Development
Intervention (counseling)
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Developmental care
Pediatric surgery
Infant Care
medicine
Early Intervention, Educational
Treatment strategy
Humans
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0974-7559
The preterm very low birth weight infants are at high risk of developing neurodevelopmental delay despite little or no medical complications at the time of birth. The care and interventions of such infants have an impact on the pre-existing risk. The Developmental Care Interventions (DCI) are the range of treatment strategies aiming to alleviate the risk thereby improving neuro-developmental outcomes. The objective of this review is to appraise the range of such interventions for preterm very low birth weight infants reported in the literature. This review will help clinicians to adopt developmental intervention strategy to improve the neuro-developmental outcomes of their NICU graduates.