[Assistance procedures and physiologic balance in newborn infants]

The authors assume that an appropriate sensory input care can improve the conditions of the very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infant with RDS. The VLBW preterm infant, in the intensive care unit, takes advantage both medically and developmentally of an individualized behavioral care. The authors present their positive experience with the auditory, visual and tactile stimulations of the preterm infant, after the period of intensive care, with the method of Brazelton.