Experience with Kangaroo mother care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Chandigarh, India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-28

  Parmar, Veena Rani ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a   Kaur, Rupinder ^a   Parmar, Siddharth ^a   Kaur, D ^a   Basu, Srikant ^a   Jain, Suksham ^a   Narula, Sunny ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Feasibility and acceptability; KMC; LBWI; NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HEATING; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; LACTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT DURATION;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS;

EID: 65449141721     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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