Abstract
Objective: Review by drawing a parallel between humanized and intensive care in neonates and the benefits of these practices in reducing neonatal complications. Bibliographic Review: As the transition to extrauterine life involves many physiological changes in newborns, it is necessary that humanized care be increasingly applied in delivery rooms, such as skin-to-skin contact through the Kangaroo method and breastfeeding soon after birth. However, some prophylactic measures need to be taken during the entire hospitalization process in order to prevent or reduce the onset and development of pathologies, which can be done by screening for congenital disabilities, care for vertically transmitted diseases, and prophylactic conducts such as the administration of vitamin K. Final considerations: The importance of care in the first hours of life of newborns is already known, but that it is necessary to invest more in humanized care so that the transition to extrauterine life is the best for the newborn, without causing trauma to him and, concomitantly, without leaving aside the essential care to assess that health is well.