Influence of early synthesized nursing on the growth of discharged premature infants

Abstract

Objective To explore the influence of early synthesized nursing on the growth of premature infants in NICU after leaving hospital.Methods 256 premature babies that complied with the standard were randomly divided into the experimental group which contained 148 cases and the control group which contained 108 babies.Both the two groups received traditional child rearing guidance,besides that only the experimental group received early evaluation,periodical following-up and early synthesized nursing.Using the neuropsychological development examination table,all children in the two groups were investigated and compared on gross movement,fine movement,adaption capability,language,social behavior and total growth.Results All the indexes in experimental group in six months,twelve months,eighteen months and twenty-four months after born were higher than in control group due to the synthesized nursing,and there were statistically significant differences between the two groups(P ＜0.05) one child got cerebral palsy in experimental group,and its gmfcs was the 3rd grade,the incidence was 0.71％ (1/148),but five cerebral palsy cases in control group,one got the 3rd grade and four children got the 4th grade,the incidence was 5.1％ (5/98),there was statistically significant difference( x2 =4.151 6,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusions Early hospital evaluation and early synthesized nursing can improve the growth of premature babies after leaving hospital,it also can reduce the incidence of cerebral palsy and relieve the neural behavior deficiency level Key words: Intensive care units,neonatal; Infant,premature; Growth development; Early nursing intervention