Kangaroo mother care: Four years of experience in very low birth weight and preterm infants

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-383

  Tuoni, C ^a   Scaramuzzo, R T ^a,b   Ghirri, P ^a   Boldrini, A ^a   Bartalena, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infant, very low birth weight; Intensive care, neonatal; Kangaroo mother care method; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KANGAROO CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUCKING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84869230004     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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