CYBERMED LIFE - ORGANIC  & NATURAL LIVING

Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Newborn

  • The "Dark Evil"

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    Prof. Dott. Giulio Tarro Phd MD

    I have always been keen on the story of my fellow countryman "colleague": the protomedico Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia who faced the plague epidemic (1575-76) of Palermo containing its effects: three thousand deaths. Very little compared to eighteen thousand in Milan and thirty thousand in Genoa. Years before, he had already proved himself identifying in the swamp lands, fed by the river Papireto, which surrounded the city of Palermo the cause of malaria. Obviously, without knowing anything - given the time - of Plasmodium malariae and how this was transmitted by mosquitoes. But reflecting on how this infection spread among the population. Unfortunately for him he did not see the results of his intuitions: only in 1591 (11 years after his death) the praetor Salazar had the river Papireto channelled determining the disappearance of malaria from Palermo.

  • Therapeutic touch: influence on vital signs of newborns. 📎

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    Abstract Title:

    Therapeutic touch: influence on vital signs of newborns.

    Abstract Source:

    Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2013 Dec ;11(4):421-5. PMID: 24488378

    Abstract Author(s):

    Nadia Christina Oliveira Ramada, Fabiane de Amorim Almeida, Mariana Lucas da Rocha Cunha

    Article Affiliation:

    Nadia Christina Oliveira Ramada

    Abstract:

    OBJECTIVE:To compare vital signs before and after the therapeutic touch observed in hospitalized newborns in neonatal intensive care unit.

    METHODS:This was a quasi-experimental study performed at a neonatal intensive care unit of a municipal hospital, in the city of São Paulo (SP), Brazil. The sample included 40 newborns submitted to the therapeutic touch after a painful procedure. We evaluated the vital signs, such as heart and respiratory rates, temperature and pain intensity, before and after the therapeutic touch.

    RESULTS:The majority of newborns were male (n=28; 70%), pre-term (n=19; 52%) and born from vaginal delivery (n=27; 67%). Respiratory distress was the main reason for hospital admission (n=16; 40%). There was a drop in all vital signs after therapeutic touch, particularly in pain score, which had a considerable reduction in the mean values, from 3.37 (SD=1.31) to 0 (SD=0.0). All differences found were statistically significant by the Wilcoxon test (p<0.05).

    CONCLUSION:The results showed that therapeutic touch promotes relaxation of the baby, favoring reduction in vital signs and, consequently in the basal metabolism rate.

    Article Published Date : Nov 30, 2013

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