Immediate skin-to-skin contact for low birth weight infants is safe in terms of cardiorespiratory stability in limited-resource settings

Aim: To investigate the safety of skin-to-skin contact initiated immediately after birth on cardiorespiratory parameters in unstable low birth weight infants. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted in tertiary newborn units in Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Tanzania in 2017–2020, in i...

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Published in:	Global Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Agnes Linnér, Björn Westrup, Siren Rettedal, Kondwani Kawaza, Helga Naburi, Sam Newton, Barak Morgan, Harish Chellani, Sugandha Arya, Vincent Samuel Phiri, Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe, Naana A.Wireko Brobby, Adwoa Pokua Boakye-Yiadom, Luis Gadama, Evelyne Assenga, Matilda Ngarina, Suman Rao, Rajiv Bahl, Nils Bergman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-03-01
Subjects:	Kangaroo mother care Skin-to-skin contact Low birth weight infant Randomized clinical trial Cardiorespiratory parameters
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667009722000288