Evidence-based review of physiologic effects of kangaroo care

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-253

  Ludington Hoe, Susan M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal physiology; Non separation; Physiologic effects; Premature

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GASTRIN; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROXINE;

APNEA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLECYSTOKININ BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYING; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; KANGAROO CARE; MATERNAL STRESS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATOSTATIN BLOOD LEVEL; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGUS TONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79960617723     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: 18756581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340411796355162     Document Type: Review

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