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

A, Conde-Agudelo; JL, Diaz-Rossello; JM, Belizan

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd002771

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

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Authors:

Conde-Agudelo A

Diaz-Rossello JL

Belizan JM

Abstract

Background Kangaroo mother care (KMC), defined as skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn, frequent and exclusive or nearly exclusive breastfeeding, and early discharge from hospital, has been proposed as an alternative to conventional neonatal care for low birthweight (LBW) infants.Ob...

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