Effect of oil massage on growth in preterm neonates less than 1800 g: A randomized control trial

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 465-469

  Kumar, Jagdish ^a   Upadhyay, Amit ^a   Dwivedi, Ajeet Kumar ^a   Gothwal, Sunil ^a   Jaiswal, Vijay ^a   Aggarwal, Sunny ^a  

^a LLRM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Low birth weight; Neonates; Oil massage; Preterm

Indexed keywords

OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MASSAGE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OIL MASSAGE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MASSAGE; PLANT OILS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84879412925     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0869-7     Document Type: Article

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