Assessment of the effects of Kangaroo Position on vital signs of pre term neonates

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Elio Vieira de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Melo Filho, Pedro Leite de, Borges, Beatriz Essenfelder
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i2.25387
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25387
• topic: Prematuridade; Recém-nascido; Posição Canguru; Sinais vitais.; Prematuridad; Recién nacido; Posición canguro; Signos vitales.; Prematurity; Newborn; Kangaroo position; Vital signs.

Introduction: It is considered pre term the newborn under 37 weeks of gestational age, and thus more vulnerable to morbidity and mortality. The Kangaroo Position (KP) aims to minimize the effects of prematurity. To assess the KP effects on vital signs at pre and post applications of such method on hospitalized pre term neonates (PTN) of a large hospital in the city of Curitiba-PR. 12 PTN were assessed when stable, with no neurological, cardiologic, and/or respiratory complications, whit gestational ages between 29 to 37 weeks, weighing from 1000g to 2000g. After reaching the calm and relaxed state, according to the Prechtl scale, the neonates were assessed and put on KP for 30 minutes and reassessed right after. The variables analyzed were peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and blood pressure. Significant changes were observed in SpO2 (p=0,01), respiratory rate (p=0,008), heart rate (p0,04), and temperature (p=0,03). On the contrary, the blood pressure systolic (p=0,47), and diastolic (p=0,46) did not present significant changes. CONCLUSIONS: The KP caused an important increase in SpO2 and a significant decrease in respiratory rate, HR, and temperature in the assessed PTN.