Immediate "Kangaroo Mother Care" and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Kangaroo mother care," a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (<2.0 kg) when initiated after stabilization, but the majority of deaths occur before stabilization. The safety and efficacy of kangaroo mother care initiated soon after birth among infants with low birth weight are uncertain.

Methods

We conducted a randomized, controlled trial in five hospitals in Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania involving infants with a birth weight between 1.0 and 1.799 kg who were assigned to receive immediate kangaroo mother care (intervention) or conventional care in an incubator or a radiant warmer until their condition stabilized and kangaroo mother care thereafter (

SUBMITTER: WHO Immediate KMC Study Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8108485 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature