Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Conde Agudelo, Agustin ^a,b   Díaz Rossello, José L ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; BREAST FEEDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; KANGAROO CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SEPSIS; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; UNDERWEIGHT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84983266606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002771.pub4     Document Type: Review

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