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. 2024 Dec 5;12(12):CD016029.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016029.

Infant positioning for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants

Marcus Glenton Prescott  1 , Milena Geist  2   3 , Emma Olsson  4   5 , Michelle Fiander  6 , Roger F Soll  7 , Matteo Bruschettini  8   9
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Infant positioning for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants

Marcus Glenton Prescott et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of infant positioning, nesting, and swaddling for promoting development and preventing morbidity in preterm infants.

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Conflict of interest statement

MP has no interests to declare.

MG has no interests to declare.

EO has no interests to declare.

MF is the Managing Editor and Information Specialist of Cochrane Neonatal; she did not participate in the editorial acceptance of this review.

RS is the Co‐ordinating Editor of Cochrane Neonatal, Vice President and Director of Clinical Trials of the Vermont Oxford Network, and Professor at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont. He did not take part in the editorial processes for this review. He has a grant from Gerber Foundation to update reviews on interventions for pain and discomfort.

MB is an Associate Editor for the Cochrane Neonatal Group. However, he had no involvement in the editorial processing of this protocol.

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