Long Term Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Autor:	Sunil Gavhane, Deepak Eklare, Haseeb Mohammad
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	conventional method of care malnutrition stunting wasting Medicine
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp SC13-SC15 (2016)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2249-782X 0973-709X
DOI:	10.7860/JCDR/2016/23855.9006
Popis:	Introduction: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) has been gaining acceptance as an effective alternative to incubator based Conventional Medical Care (CMC) in preterm or Low Birth Weight (LBW) infants especially in resource scarce developing countries. Aim: To report and analyse the long-term effects of KMC for relatively stable Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants on nutritional indicators and feeding conditions at 6–12 months of corrected age. Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled trial was done at a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a teaching institution in southern India. One hundred and forty neonates with birth weight
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