Safety of Kangaroo mother care in intubated neonates under 1500 g

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-42

  de Oliveira Azevedo, Vívian Mara Gonçalves ^a   Xavier, César Coelho ^a   de Oliveira Gontijo, Fernanda ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Sofia Feldman   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bonding; Kangaroo mother care; Mechanical ventilation; Neonatal health care; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; KANGAROO CARE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAL SIGN;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856382202     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr033     Document Type: Article

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