25/10/2026
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Love it when a study challenges dogma!
Do babies born at 34 weeks gestation need to be admitted to NICU (NU) or rooming in (RI) with NICU nursing support on a post partum ward could these late preterm infants room in with their parents?
In the study an NICU (NU) could care for up to 4 babies on the post-partum unit and babies were monitored (with parental education and no central monitor) for a minimum of 48 hours or up to 35 weeks gestation.
Findings are impressive!
✅Earlier skin-to-skin contact (RI: 0 h (IQR 0); NU: 1 h (IQR 14.2); p < 0.001)
✅Earlier colostrum exposure (RI: 2 h (IQR 3.2); NU: 5.5 h (IQR 8.2); p < 0.001)
✅Higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding at 15 days post-discharge (RI: 63.2%; NU: 37.5%; p = 0.005).
✅They required less nasogastric tube feeding (RI: 10.5%; NU: 76.6%; p < 0.001) ✅discharged earlier (RI: 8 days (IQR 7); NU: 19 days (IQR 14); p < 0.001)
