Kangaroo Mother Care in Kangaroo ward for improving the growth and breastfeeding outcomes when reaching term gestational age in very low birth weight infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ghavane, Sunil ^a   Murki, Srinivas ^a   Subramanian, Sreeram ^a   Gaddam, Pramod ^a   Kandraju, Hemasree ^a   Thumalla, Sridevi ^a  

^a Fernandez Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Kangaroo care; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869091814     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12023     Document Type: Article

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