In the early 1980s, paediatricians working in Colombia recognized and researched the medical benefits of Kangaroo mother care, defined as a combination of skin-to-skin contact, exclusive breastfeeding (where possible), early discharge and adequate follow up (Rey and Martinez, 1983). Their research found that this practice was an alternative to the conventional method of care for premature and l...

Background: Kangaroo mother care is an evidence-based, low cost and high impact approach that has shown significant reduction in preterm mortality. Practising KMC COVID 19 era, a challenge for mothers the NICU’s. Aim of study was to assess effect this pandemic on practice our NICU opine about possible barriers.Methods: It retrospective observational cohort study. Data collected from records. Ne...

Low Birth Weight (LBW) infants are at risk of experiencing various health problems. One them that often occurs is an unstable body temperature and tends to be hypothermic. This study aims determine the effectiveness Kangaroo Method Care (KMC) incubator treatment increase in LBW infants. used a Quasi Experiment Design technique with Pre-test Post-test Group design. The sample this were all accor...

OBJECTIVE To appraise critically and to synthesize existing Maternal Kangaroo Care (MKC) intervention studies for neonatal procedural pain. METHODS Four electronic databases were systematically searched and eligible studies selected by two independent reviewers. Of 93 abstracts, 12 studies met the inclusion criteria. Findings were extracted and methodology assessed based on best-synthesis met...

Summary Background Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage quality of care hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity indicators newborn health-care around time birth survey routine facility register data. Methods Every Newborn-BIRTH Indicators Research Tracking Hospitals was an observational study five hospitals Bangl...

Crying commonly occurs in response to heel stick and adversely affects the infant's physiologic stability. Minimal crying in response to pain is desired. "Kangaroo Care," skin contact between mother and infant, reduces pain and may reduce crying in response to pain. The purpose of this pilot study was to test Kangaroo Care's effect on the preterm infant's audible and inaudible crying response t...