Practical application of kangaroo mother care in preterm infants: Clinical characteristics and safety of kangaroo mother care

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-245

  Park, Hyun Kyung ^b   Choi, Byeong Seon ^b   Lee, Seung Jin ^b   Son, In A ^b   Seol, In Joon ^b   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kangaroo mother care; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; KANGAROO CARE; MALE; POSTMENSTRUAL AGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84898645467     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2013-0066     Document Type: Article

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