Inflammatory mediators of stress exposure and neurodevelopment in very preterm infants: Protocol for the stress neuro‐immune study

• Published in: Journal of advanced nursing Vol. 75; no. 10; pp. 2236 - 2245
• Main Authors: Nist, Marliese Dion, Pickler, Rita H., Steward, Deborah K., Harrison, Tondi M., Shoben, Abigail B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Baby foods; Blood; Child development; Child Development - physiology; Cortisol; cytokines; Female; Hair; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature - growth & development; Infants; Inflammation; Inflammation Mediators - physiology; Intensive care; Male; Measurement; Neonatal care; neonatal intensive care; Neurobehavioral functioning; neurodevelopment; Neurology; Newborn babies; nursing; Premature babies; Premature birth; preterm infant; Process analysis; repeated measures; Stress; Stress, Physiological - physiology; Within-subjects design; United States > US; stress; neurodevelopment; inflammation; cytokines; nursing; preterm infant; neonatal intensive care; repeated measures

Aims (a) Determine relationships among stress exposure, inflammation, and neurodevelopment in very preterm infants and determine the mediated effect of inflammation on the relationship between stress exposure and neurodevelopment; (b) describe cytokine trajectories following birth and determine the...