Practical application of kangaroo mother care in preterm infants: clinical characteristics and safety of kangaroo mother care

Park, Hyun-kyung; Choi, Byeong Seon; Lee, Seung Jin; Son, Ina; Seol, In-Joon; Lee, Hyun Ju

doi:10.1515/jpm-2013-0066

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“…KMC has been determined to be a safe and feasible method for enabling infants to maintain a higher temperature within clinically acceptable limits, 36 and has been shown to reduce neonatal mortality and severe morbidity among newborn preterm infants. 37 Thus, the low availability of KMC has implications for the prevention of neonatal deaths attributable to preterm birth.…”

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Availability and Quality of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Bangladesh

Wichaidit

Alam

Halder

et al. 2016

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Bangladesh's maternal mortality and neonatal mortality remain unacceptably high. We assessed the availability and quality of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) and emergency newborn care (EmNC) services at health facilities in Bangladesh. We randomly sampled 50 rural villages and 50 urban neighborhoods throughout Bangladesh and interviewed the director of eight and nine health facilities nearest to each sampled area. We categorized health facilities into different quality levels (high, moderate, low, and substandard) based on staffing, availability of a phone or ambulance, and signal functions (six categories for EmOC and four categories for EmNC). We interviewed the directors of 875 health facilities. Approximately 28% of health facilities did not have a skilled birth attendant on call 24 hours per day. The least commonly performed EmOC signal function was administration of anticonvulsants (67%). The quality of EmOC services was high in 33% and moderate in 52% of the health facilities. The least common EmNC signal function was kangaroo mother care (7%). The quality of EmNC was high in 2% and moderate in 33% of the health facilities. Approximately one-third of health facilities lack 24-hour availability of skilled birth attendants, increasing the risk of peripartum complications. Most health facilities offered moderate to high quality services for EmOC and low to substandard quality for EmNC.

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Availability and Quality of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Bangladesh

Wichaidit

Alam

Halder

et al. 2016

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…The average length of stay in our study was only 13 ± 6.7 days-much lower than those reported in other studies with infants of younger gestations. 49 It is possible that mothers who provide SSC experience increased stress because of a more facilitated progression in the relationship with their infants. Kleberg et al 50 reported that mothers of infants who received the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program treatment experienced more anxiety than the mothers of infants who received conventional neonatal care.…”

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Effect of Skin-to-Skin Holding on Stress in Mothers of Late-Preterm Infants

Samra

Dutcher

McGrath

et al. 2015

Advances in Neonatal Care

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“…MotherBaby Care provides an optimal care environment for continuous or extended intermittent skin to skin (STS) holding, also known as kangaroo care (KC). STS or KC reduces mortality (Boundy et al, 2016;Charpak et al, 2017; Conde-Agudelo, Belizán, & Diaz-Rossello, 2014), reduces the risk of infection (Boundy et al, 2016;Conde-Agudelo et al, 2014), and hypothermia (Boundy et al, 2016;Conde-Agudelo et al, 2014;Nimbalkar et al, 2014;Srivastava, Gupta, Bhatnagar, & Dutta, 2014), improves warming (Azevedo, Xavier, & Gontijo, 2012;Boundy et al, 2016;Nimbalkar et al, 2014;Park et al, 2014), improves thermal regulation (Ludington-Hoe, Nguyen, Swinth, & Satyshur, 2000;Nimbalkar et al, 2014), improves weight gain (Evereklian & Posmontier, 2017;Sharma, Farahbakhsh, Sharma, Sharma, & Sharma, 2019) and growth (Boundy et al, 2016;Conde-Agudelo et al, 2014;Sharma et al, 2019) improves breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity (Boundy et al, 2016;Flacking, Ewald, & Wallin, 2011;Gregson, Meadows, Teakle, & Blacker, 2016;Moore, Bergman, Anderson, & Medley, 2016;Srivastava et al, 2014), better gross motor developmental at 4-5 years (Pineda et al, 2018), and better maternal experience and maternal-infant attachment (Charpak et al, 2017;Cho et al, 2016;Jefferies & Canadian Paediatric Society, 2017;Jones & Santamaria, 2018).…”

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Journey to mother baby care: Implementation of a combined care/couplet model in a Level 2 neonatal intensive care unit

Salaberry

Hait

Thornton

et al. 2019

Birth Defects Research

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“Why can't I have my postpartum care in the same room as my baby?” questioned Hilary, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) “alumni” parent, during a design event for the new British Columbia's Women's Hospital 70 single family room NICU. This simple yet provocative question was nearly dismissed and the idea of a combined care model lost, since most members of the team thought it was simply “not possible.” Hilary did not give up and continued to raise this idea throughout every design event. It was Hilary's fortitude and sharing of her NICU experience that was the inspiration for the MotherBaby Care unit. The voice of one woman has improved the birth experiences of potentially thousands of mothers and their at‐risk newborns. By honoring women's voices and values in health care, positive changes that matter to women, infants, and families can be made. Mothers also shared: “I knew what was best for me was to be with my baby,” “If I could stand up after my C‐section, I would drag my IV pole to be with my baby!”, “Teach me how to take care of my premature baby before I am ready to go home!” MotherBaby Care is a combined care or “couplet” care where one NICU nurse provides care for a postpartum mother and her at‐risk newborn in the Level 2 NICU. This review describes the journey from innovation and design to the implementation of the MotherBaby Care model.

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Practical application of kangaroo mother care in preterm infants: clinical characteristics and safety of kangaroo mother care

Abstract: Our intermittent KMC was a safe and feasible method for preterm infants. Notably, at the same PMA, preterm infants in the lower at-birth GA group showed an advanced maturation of thermoregulation compared with those in the higher GA group.

Cited by 24 publications

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Availability and Quality of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Bangladesh

Availability and Quality of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Bangladesh

Effect of Skin-to-Skin Holding on Stress in Mothers of Late-Preterm Infants

Journey to mother baby care: Implementation of a combined care/couplet model in a Level 2 neonatal intensive care unit

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