Immediate "Kangaroo Mother Care" and Survival of Infants With Low Birth Weight. Issue 4 (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arya, S.; Naburi, H.; Kawaza, K.; Newton, S.; Anyabolu, C.H.; Bergman, N.; Rao, S.P.N.; Mittal, P.; Assenga, E.; Gadama, L.; Larsen-Reindorf, R.; Kuti, O.; Linnér, A.; Yoshida, S.; Chopra, N.; Ngarina, M.; Msusa, A.T.; Boakye-Yiadom, A.; Kuti, B.P.; Morgan, B.; Minckas, N.; Suri, J.; Moshiro, R.; Samuel, .; Wireko-Brobby, N.; Rettedal, S.; Jaiswal, H.V.; Sankar, M.J.; Nyanor, .; Tiwary, H.; Anand, P.; Manu, A.A.; Nagpal, K.; Ansong, D.; Saini, .; Aggarwal, K.C.; Wadhwa, N.; Bahl, R.; Westrup, B.; Adejuyigbe, E.A.; Plange-Rhule, G.; Dube, Q.; Chellani, H.; Massawe, A.;
• Is Part Of: Obstetric anesthesia digest. Volume 41:Issue 4(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia in obstetrics -- Abstracts -- Periodicals; 617.968205
• DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000796200.17421.fe
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0275-665X

Abstract

Abstract : ( N Engl J Med . 2021;384:2028–2038. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2026486. PMID: 34038632; PMCID: PMC810848) While preterm, low–birth-weight infants make up ~15% of neonates, they account for the vast majority of neonatal deaths (70%). "Kangaroo Mother Care, " where the mother or caregiver provides continuous skin-to-skin contact with the neonate, has been shown to decrease mortality in infants with a birth weight below 2.0 kg. This study aimed to determine when to initiate continuous kangaroo mother care and if it is safe.