Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight babies: A prospective observational study

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-9

  Subedi, Kalpana ^a   Aryal, Dhana Raj ^a   Gurubacharya, Simmi Misra ^a  

^a Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Kangaroo mother

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; KANGAROO CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; SKIN INFECTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THRUSH; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77953451327     PISSN: 19907974     EISSN: 19907982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/jnps.v29i1.1593     Document Type: Article

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