Liisa Holsti

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Developmental coordination disorder in extremely low birth weight children at nine years
    Liisa Holsti
    Occupational Therapy Department and Neonatal Follow Up Programme, British Columbia s Children Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    J Dev Behav Pediatr 23:9-15. 2002
  2. ncbi Does breastfeeding reduce acute procedural pain in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit? A randomized clinical trial
    Liisa Holsti
    Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Pain 152:2575-81. 2011
  3. ncbi Considerations for using sucrose to reduce procedural pain in preterm infants
    Liisa Holsti
    Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Pediatrics 125:1042-7. 2010
  4. ncbi Is it painful or not? Discriminant validity of the Behavioral Indicators of Infant Pain (BIIP) scale
    Liisa Holsti
    Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Clin J Pain 24:83-8. 2008
  5. ncbi Extremity movements help occupational therapists identify stress responses in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Children s and Women s Health Centre of British Columbia, Canada
    Can J Occup Ther 74:183-94. 2007
  6. ncbi Initial validation of the Behavioral Indicators of Infant Pain (BIIP)
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Pain 132:264-72. 2007
  7. ncbi Behavioral responses to pain are heightened after clustered care in preterm infants born between 30 and 32 weeks gestational age
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Clin J Pain 22:757-64. 2006
  8. ncbi Relationships between adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol are altered during clustered nursing care in preterm infants born at extremely low gestational age
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Early Hum Dev 83:341-8. 2007
  9. ncbi Body movements: an important additional factor in discriminating pain from stress in preterm infants
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin J Pain 21:491-8. 2005
  10. ncbi Prior pain induces heightened motor responses during clustered care in preterm infants in the NICU
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Room F6, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 3V4
    Early Hum Dev 81:293-302. 2005

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Publications21

  1. ncbi Developmental coordination disorder in extremely low birth weight children at nine years
    Liisa Holsti
    Occupational Therapy Department and Neonatal Follow Up Programme, British Columbia s Children Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
    J Dev Behav Pediatr 23:9-15. 2002
    ..This study found that DCD is a common problem in school-aged ELBW children...
  2. ncbi Does breastfeeding reduce acute procedural pain in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit? A randomized clinical trial
    Liisa Holsti
    Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Pain 152:2575-81. 2011
    ..05). Breastfeeding during blood collection did not reduce pain indices or interfere with the acquisition of breastfeeding skills. Exploratory analyses indicate there may be benefit for infants with mature breastfeeding abilities...
  3. ncbi Considerations for using sucrose to reduce procedural pain in preterm infants
    Liisa Holsti
    Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Pediatrics 125:1042-7. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Is it painful or not? Discriminant validity of the Behavioral Indicators of Infant Pain (BIIP) scale
    Liisa Holsti
    Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Clin J Pain 24:83-8. 2008
    ....
  5. ncbi Extremity movements help occupational therapists identify stress responses in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Children s and Women s Health Centre of British Columbia, Canada
    Can J Occup Ther 74:183-94. 2007
    ..Accurate assessment and treatment of pain and stress in preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) is vital because pain and stress responses have been linked to long-term alterations in development in this population...
  6. ncbi Initial validation of the Behavioral Indicators of Infant Pain (BIIP)
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Pain 132:264-72. 2007
    ..64, p<0.01) as were correlations between the BIIP and mean heart rate (r=0.45, p<0.01). In this initial study, the BIIP has been shown to be a reliable, valid scale for assessing acute pain in preterm infants in the NICU...
  7. ncbi Behavioral responses to pain are heightened after clustered care in preterm infants born between 30 and 32 weeks gestational age
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Clin J Pain 22:757-64. 2006
    ..To compare biobehavioral pain responses of preterm infants born at differing gestational ages (GAs) when pain was preceded by a rest period or by a series of routine nursing interventions...
  8. ncbi Relationships between adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol are altered during clustered nursing care in preterm infants born at extremely low gestational age
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Early Hum Dev 83:341-8. 2007
    ..Little is known about the effects of clustered nursing care on hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) responses in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit...
  9. ncbi Body movements: an important additional factor in discriminating pain from stress in preterm infants
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin J Pain 21:491-8. 2005
    ....
  10. ncbi Prior pain induces heightened motor responses during clustered care in preterm infants in the NICU
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Room F6, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6H 3V4
    Early Hum Dev 81:293-302. 2005
    ..Acute pain is a significant stressor for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU); however, little is known about the effects of acute pain on subsequent motor responses during clusters of tactile handling...
  11. ncbi Specific Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program movements are associated with acute pain in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
    Liisa Holsti
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Pediatrics 114:65-72. 2004
    ..The objective of this study was to identify developmentally relevant movements indicative of pain in preterm infants...
  12. ncbi Are there developmentally distinct motor indicators of pain in preterm infants?
    Sara J Morison
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Room L 408, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4
    Early Hum Dev 72:131-46. 2003
    ..Extension of extremities and finger splay, but not twitches and startles, from the NIDCAP, appear to be stress cues and show promise as clinical pain indicators to supplement facial and physiological pain measures in preterm infants...
  13. ncbi Neonatal procedural pain exposure predicts lower cortisol and behavioral reactivity in preterm infants in the NICU
    Ruth E Grunau
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, British Columbia Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Pain 113:293-300. 2005
    ..Differential effects of early pain on development of behavioral, physiologic and hormonal systems warrant further investigation...
  14. ncbi Biobehavioural reactivity to pain in preterm infants: a marker of neuromotor development
    Ruth E Grunau
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Canada
    Dev Med Child Neurol 48:471-6. 2006
    ..It was concluded that pain reactivity before discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit may be a useful marker of neuromotor development in infancy...
  15. ncbi Does prone or supine position influence pain responses in preterm infants at 32 weeks gestational age?
    Ruth Eckstein Grunau
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, B C Research Institute for Children s and Women s Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Clin J Pain 20:76-82. 2004
    ..The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of prone and supine position in preterm infants during acute pain of blood collection...
  16. ncbi Long-term consequences of pain in human neonates
    Ruth E Grunau
    Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada
    Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 11:268-75. 2006
    ..However, there are multiple sources of stress in the NICU, which contribute to inducing high overall 'allostatic load', therefore determining specific effects of neonatal pain in human infants is challenging...
  17. ncbi Fathers' experiences in the neonatal intensive care unit: a search for control
    Vincent Arockiasamy
    Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Pediatrics 121:e215-22. 2008
    ..This qualitative study aimed at understanding the experiences of fathers of very ill neonates in the NICU...
  18. ncbi Terms used to describe pediatric videofluoroscopic feeding studies: a Delphi survey
    Astrid E St Pierre
    Feeding and Swallowing Clinic Spinal Cord Clinic HomeTrach and Vent Program, British Columbia Children s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 4C9
    Can J Occup Ther 79:159-66. 2012
    ..No consensus exists regarding the terminology used for reporting VFFS findings...
  19. ncbi Paediatric occupational therapy: addressing parental stress with the sense of coherence
    Rochelle H Stokes
    University of British Columbia, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Clildren, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Can J Occup Ther 77:30-7. 2010
    ..Families of children who have disabilities experience multiple stressors. "Sense of coherence" (SOC) reflects a person's view of life and his or her capacity to respond to stressful situations...
  20. ncbi Content validation of the infant malnutrition and feeding checklist for congenital heart disease: a tool to identify risk of malnutrition and feeding difficulties in infants with congenital heart disease
    Astrid St Pierre
    Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B C, Canada
    J Pediatr Nurs 25:367-74. 2010
    ..This study is the first step in establishing the validity and reliability of a screening tool for early intervention of feeding difficulties and inadequate nutritional intake in infants with CHD...
  21. ncbi Measures of knowledge and skills for evidence-based practice: a systematic review
    Stephanie M N Glegg
    School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, T325 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 2B5
    Can J Occup Ther 77:219-32. 2010
    ..Lack of knowledge and skills in seeking, evaluating, and applying evidence are barriers to evidence-based practice (EBP). The measurement of these constructs can inform educational initiatives aimed at reducing EBP barriers...