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Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants With Low Birth Weight
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Obstetric Anesthesia Digest. Dec 01, 2021 41(4):189-190
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0275-665X
Abstract
(N Engl J Med. 2021;384:2028–2038. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2026486. PMID: 34038632; PMCID: PMC810848)While preterm, low–birth-weight infants make up ~15% of neonates, they account for the vast majority of neonatal deaths (70%). “Kangaroo Mother Care,” where the mother or caregiver provides continuous skin-to-skin contact with the neonate, has been shown to decrease mortality in infants with a birth weight below 2.0 kg. This study aimed to determine when to initiate continuous kangaroo mother care and if it is safe.