Kangaroo-Mother Care Method
"Kangaroo-Mother Care Method" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A method of continuously holding a partially wrapped baby to the chest, involving skin-to-skin contact. Originally it was a method of caring for LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANT in developing countries and is now more widespread in developed nations. Aside from encouraging breast feeding, the extra sleep that the infant gets assists in regulating body temperature, helps the baby conserve energy, and redirects calorie expenditures toward growth and weight gain.
| Descriptor ID |
D060127
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.670.500 N02.421.088.120.140 N02.421.585.700.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Kangaroo-Mother Care Method- Kangaroo-Mother Care Method
- Care Method, Kangaroo-Mother
- Care Methods, Kangaroo-Mother
- Kangaroo Mother Care Method
- Kangaroo-Mother Care Methods
- Method, Kangaroo-Mother Care
- Methods, Kangaroo-Mother Care
- Kangaroo Mother Care
- Care, Kangaroo Mother
- Kangaroo-Mother Care
- Care, Kangaroo-Mother
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kangaroo-Mother Care Method" by people in Profiles.
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Gable M, Shaffer TH, Locke R, Mackley A, Kovatis KZ. The impact of kangaroo mother care on work of breathing and oxygen saturation in very low birth weight infants with respiratory insufficiency. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2023; 16(1):141-150.
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Taneja S, Sinha B, Upadhyay RP, Mazumder S, Sommerfelt H, Martines J, Dalpath SK, Gupta R, Kariger P, Bahl R, Bhandari N, Dua T. Community initiated kangaroo mother care and early child development in low birth weight infants in India-a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2020 04 04; 20(1):150.
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Paul DA, Johnson D, Goldstein ND, Pearlman SA. Development of a single-center quality bundle to prevent sudden unexpected postnatal collapse. J Perinatol. 2019 07; 39(7):1008-1013.
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Jones HE, Kraft WK. Analgesia, Opioids, and Other Drug Use During Pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Clin Perinatol. 2019 06; 46(2):349-366.
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Vittner D, Butler S, Smith K, Makris N, Brownell E, Samra H, McGrath J. Parent Engagement Correlates With Parent and Preterm Infant Oxytocin Release During Skin-to-Skin Contact. Adv Neonatal Care. 2019 Feb; 19(1):73-79.
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Mazumder S, Taneja S, Dalpath SK, Gupta R, Dube B, Sinha B, Bhatia K, Yoshida S, Norheim OF, Bahl R, Sommerfelt H, Bhandari N, Martines J. Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2017 06 07; 18(1):262.