kangaroo care

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Indications

* likely of benefit for all newborns of all mammals

36% decrease in mortality among pre-term newborns
- decrease in neonatal sepsis (47%), hypothermia, hypoglycemia, & hospital readmission
- lesser degree of benefit in full-term infants^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Stein MT Skin-to-Skin Contact Between Mother and Preterm Baby Reduces Mortality. Physician's First Watch, Dec 22, 2015 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
Boundy EO, Dastjerdi R, Spiegelman D et al Kangaroo Mother Care and Neonatal Outcomes: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. Jan 2016. EPub 2015 Dec 23 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26702029 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/12/22/peds.2015-2238