Internal medicine

Pediatrics

Neonatal intensive care unit

Biology

Interquartile range

Surgery

Randomized controlled trial

Kangaroo care

Low birth weight

Pregnancy

Confidence interval

Genetics

Birth weight

Medicine

New England Journal of Medicine

“Kangaroo mother care,” a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (<2.0 kg) when initiated after stabilization, but the majority of deaths occur before stabilization. The safety and efficacy of kangaroo mother care initiated soon after birth among infants with low birth weight are uncertain.

Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight