Safety, Effectiveness and Barriers to Follow-up Using an 'Early Discharge' Kangaroo Care Policy in a Resource Poor Setting
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Safety, effectiveness and barriers to follow-up using an 'early discharge' Kangaroo Care policy in a resource poor setting.
AIM To describe the outcomes of low-birth-weight babies using an 'early discharge' Kangaroo care policy and to identify barriers to their follow-up. METHODS Prospective descriptive study of all 272 babies admitted to a Kangaroo Care Ward in Malawi from November 2003 to May 2004. Infants were discharged to outpatient care once weighing over 1300 g and gaining weight. Follow-up was carried out ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn116