Kangaroo care, or kangaroo mother care, is skin-to-skin contact used to care for premature or low-birth-weight infants. It has been the World Health Organization's recommended evidence-based care for low-birth-weight infants since 2003.
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When does the World Health Organization advise starting kangaroo mother care for small or preterm babies?
WHO advised starting immediately after birth.
In its 15 November 2022 news release, the World Health Organization said its new guidelines advise that skin to skin contact with a caregiver, known as kangaroo mother care, should start immediately after birth, without any initial period in an incubator.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Kangaroo care, lead section
The early KMC technique was first presented by Rey and Martinez in 1983, in Bogotá, Colombia, where it was developed as an alternative to inadequate and insufficient incubator care for those preterm newborn infants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_care, lead section
Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants.
Treats: Hypothermia, Scientific documentation of benefits
This review showed that babies receiving kangaroo care had a reduced risk of death, hospital-acquired infection, and low body temperature (hypothermia); was also associated with increased weight gain, growth in length, and rates of breastfeeding.
In Group: Newborn and Postnatal Care, Introduction
Kangaroo mother care (KMC), which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants.
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