Ylva Thernström Blomqvist
Adjunct senior lecturer at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Perinatal, Neonatal and Pediatric Cardiology Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 611 56 69
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 273 09 18
- E-mail:
- ylva.thernstrom_blomqvist@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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Human Milk Practices in Swedish Neonatal Units: Results From a Nationwide Survey
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1048-1062, 2026
- DOI for Human Milk Practices in Swedish Neonatal Units: Results From a Nationwide Survey
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Part of Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 2026
- DOI for Pediatric nurses’ experience as novices or experts in neonatal resuscitation: an abductive qualitative analysis based on a national competence description
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Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home
Part of Pediatric Research, p. 670-677, 2026
- DOI for Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home
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Supporting Early Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks' Gestation
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 3279-3283, 2025
- DOI for Supporting Early Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks' Gestation
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The role of parents to prevent infections in the neonatal intensive care unit
Part of Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2025
All publications
Articles in journal
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Human Milk Practices in Swedish Neonatal Units: Results From a Nationwide Survey
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1048-1062, 2026
- DOI for Human Milk Practices in Swedish Neonatal Units: Results From a Nationwide Survey
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Part of Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 2026
- DOI for Pediatric nurses’ experience as novices or experts in neonatal resuscitation: an abductive qualitative analysis based on a national competence description
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Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home
Part of Pediatric Research, p. 670-677, 2026
- DOI for Discharge criteria, practices, and decision-making in the transition of preterm infants to home
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Supporting Early Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks' Gestation
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 3279-3283, 2025
- DOI for Supporting Early Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks' Gestation
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The role of parents to prevent infections in the neonatal intensive care unit
Part of Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2025
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Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2025
- DOI for Co-developing an intervention to facilitate safe and early transition to neonatal home care for very preterm infants: a mixed-method study evaluating the impact of patient and public involvement
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Parental closeness during infant therapeutic hypothermia: Nurses’ experiences and reflections
Part of Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 2025
- DOI for Parental closeness during infant therapeutic hypothermia: Nurses’ experiences and reflections
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Part of Pain, p. 1882-1892, 2025
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Part of Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, p. 152-160, 2025
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Protocol to Support Skin-to-Skin Care and Closeness Between Parents and Neonates in the NICU
Part of Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing, p. 249-257, 2025
- DOI for Protocol to Support Skin-to-Skin Care and Closeness Between Parents and Neonates in the NICU
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Part of BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2025
- DOI for Study protocol for the development and pilot-testing of a Self-assessment tool for the implementation of the European Standards of Care for Newborn Health (ESCNH)
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Part of BMJ Public Health, 2024
- DOI for 'Counselling is the only thing to do': healthcare providers' experience of Kangaroo Mother Care in Bangladesh – a qualitative study
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Nordic survey showed wide variation in discharge practices for very preterm infants
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 48-55, 2024
- DOI for Nordic survey showed wide variation in discharge practices for very preterm infants
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Part of Advances in Neonatal Care, p. 586-593, 2024
- DOI for Attitudes and Experiences Among Swedish NICU Nurses Regarding Skin-to-Skin Care of Infants Born at 22-23 Weeks of Gestation
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Parental Experiences of Neonatal Care: A Nationwide Study on Determinants of Excellence
Part of Neonatology, p. 46-55, 2024
- DOI for Parental Experiences of Neonatal Care: A Nationwide Study on Determinants of Excellence
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1796-1802, 2024
- DOI for Early skin-to-skin contact and the risk of intraventricular haemorrhage and sepsis in preterm infants
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Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, 2024
- DOI for Parent-infant closeness and care practices during therapeutic hypothermia in Swedish neonatal intensive care units
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Part of International Breastfeeding Journal, 2024
- DOI for Experiences of breast milk donors in Sweden: balancing the motivation to do something good with overcoming the challenges it entails
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Part of Children, 2024
- DOI for "Preparation Is Key": Parents' and Nurses' Perceptions of Combined Parent-Delivered Pain Management in Neonatal Care
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Part of BMC Pediatrics, 2024
- DOI for Adapting the Cornell assessment of pediatric delirium for Swedish context: translation, cultural validation and inter-rater reliability
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Part of Early Human Development, 2023
- DOI for Being parents of extremely preterm children, from a long-term perspective: A qualitative study of parents' experiences
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Exploring caregivers' experiences of Kangaroo Mother Care in Bangladesh: A descriptive qualitative study
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Part of Advances in Neonatal Care, p. 304-310, 2023
- DOI for To Feel Abandoned in an Insecure Situation: Parents' Experiences of Separation From Their Newborn Due to the Mother Being COVID-19 Positive
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Part of Advances in Neonatal Care, p. 220-228, 2023
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Part of Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, p. 75-80, 2023
- DOI for Health care professionals report positive experience with a breastfeeding training program based on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Intensive Care
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Part of Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
- DOI for Improving NICU staff decision-making with parents in medical rounds: a pilot study of reflective group dialogue intervention
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Part of Nutrients, 2023
- DOI for Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidative Capacity Are Unaltered in Transitional Breast Milk Exposed to Light from Women Giving Birth to Preterm Infants before 32 Weeks of Gestation
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Part of European Journal of Midwifery, p. 1-8, 2023
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Symptoms of depression in parents after discharge from NICU associated with family-centred care
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 1676-1687, 2022
- DOI for Symptoms of depression in parents after discharge from NICU associated with family-centred care
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Nursing care of infants born extremely preterm
Part of Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2022
- DOI for Nursing care of infants born extremely preterm
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Part of BMJ Open, 2022
- DOI for Clonidine as analgesia during retinopathy of prematurity screening in preterm infants (cloROP): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 480-486, 2021
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Part of Midwifery, 2021
- DOI for Developing the Preterm Breastfeeding Attitudes Instrument: a tool for describing attitudes to breastfeeding among health care professionals in neonatal intensive car
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"Paying it Forward" - Swedish Women's Experiences of Donating Human Milk
Part of Journal of Human Lactation, p. 87-94, 2021
- DOI for "Paying it Forward" - Swedish Women's Experiences of Donating Human Milk
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Part of BMC Pediatrics, 2020
- DOI for Study protocol: parents as pain management in Swedish neonatal care - SWEpap, a multi-center randomized controlled trial
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Part of BMJ Open, 2020
- DOI for External barriers for including parents of preterm infants in a randomised clinical trial in the neonatal intensive care unit in Sweden: a descriptive study
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Pain Assessment and Management in Swedish Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Part of Pain Management Nursing, p. 354-359, 2020
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 976-981, 2020
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Part of Advances in Neonatal Care, p. 495-498, 2020
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Parental participation during therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxicischemic encephalopathy
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, p. 77-80, 2019
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The Swedish Neonatal Quality Register - contents, completeness and validity
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1411-1418, 2019
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Becoming a mother: Mothers' experience of Kangaroo Mother Care
Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, p. 181-185, 2018
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Part of BMJ Open, 2018
- DOI for Effect of skin-to-skin contact on parents' sleep quality, mood, parent-infant interaction and cortisol concentrations in neonatal care units: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
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Part of Advances in Neonatal Care, 2018
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 223-228, 2017
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Parents experiences of discharge readiness from a Swedish neonatal intensive care unit
Part of Nursing Open, p. 90-95, 2017
- DOI for Parents experiences of discharge readiness from a Swedish neonatal intensive care unit
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Skin-to-skin contact is associated with earlier breastfeeding attainment in preterm infants
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 783-789, 2016
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Breastfeeding Patterns in Preterm Infants Born at 28-33 Gestational Weeks
Part of Journal of Human Lactation, p. 377-385, 2015
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Part of Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, p. 131-136, 2014
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1045-1052, 2014
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 373-378, 2014
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Initiation and extent of skin-to-skin care at two Swedish neonatal intensive care units
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 22-28, 2013
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Provision of Kangaroo Mother Care: supportive factors and barriers perceived by parents
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, p. 345-353, 2013
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Kangaroo Mother Care helps fathers of preterm infants gain confidence in the paternal role
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 1988-1996, 2012
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Swedish mothers' experience of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care
Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 1472-1480, 2011
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Parent-infant skin-to-skin contact: how do parent records compare to nurse records?
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 773-775, 2011
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Pediatric Drugs, p. 27-41, 2023
- DOI for Interventions for the Management of Pain and Sedation in Newborns Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review
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Part of Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022
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Part of Seminars in Perinatology, 2022
- DOI for The Swedish approach to nurturing extremely preterm infants and their families: A nursing perspective
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Part of Systematic Reviews, 2022
- DOI for Interventions for the management of Pain and Sedation in Newborns undergoing Therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (IPSNUT): protocol of a systematic review
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