Less hypoglycaemias in single room maternity care - Open Journal of Pediatrics

OJPed > Vol.3 No.3, September 2013

Less hypoglycaemias in single room maternity care ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojped.2013.33031 3,155 Downloads 5,338 Views Citations

Author(s)

Peter Gerrits, Maartje de Hosson, Ben Semmekrot, Jan Sporken

Affiliation(s)

Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Department of Paediatrics, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT

In January 2006, the Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital introduced the concept of Single Room Maternity Care (SMRC) by realizing 13 labour rooms for mother, infant and partner. Benefits of this new care concept not only include maternal satisfaction and increased staff satisfaction, but also significant health benefits for the neonate. Since the introduction of the concept, we registered a sharp decrease in the number of hypoglycaemias (from 15.6% in 2005 to 2.5% in 2009). Varying causes, such as successful breastfeeding and/or improved attachment between mother and infant may contribute to the decrease of hypoglycaemias.

KEYWORDS

Hypoglycaemia; Neonate; Single Room Maternity Care

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Gerrits, P. , Hosson, M. , Semmekrot, B. and Sporken, J. (2013) Less hypoglycaemias in single room maternity care. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 3, 183-185. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2013.33031.

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