OBSERVATION ON INCREASE IN WEIGHT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (LBW) BABIES BY IMPLEMENTING KANGAROO MOTHER CARE (KMC) TECHNIQUE

Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 17

Abstract

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a practical technique for nursing of low birth weight babies by direct skin to contact with the mother. This study was undertaken to observe and record the effect of KMC with focus on increase in weight of at term low birth weight (LBW) babies weighing less than 2000 grams. The study was conducted over thirty six month’s period from July 2011 to June 2014. The method of care consisted of skin to skin contact between the mother and the infant along with exclusive breast milk. Upon implementation of KMC babies under observation showed satisfactory gain in weight of average 25grams per day and an average hospital stay of 10 days. KMC aims towards achieving good weight gain in LBW babies. It is a simple hassle free technique which can be implemented at all levels of health care.

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Purnendu Kumar Singh, Kumar Amritanshu, Bijoy Mukherjee

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  • EP ID EP227798
  • DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2014/311
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Purnendu Kumar Singh, Kumar Amritanshu, Bijoy Mukherjee (2014). OBSERVATION ON INCREASE IN WEIGHT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT (LBW) BABIES BY IMPLEMENTING KANGAROO MOTHER CARE (KMC) TECHNIQUE. Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 1(17), 2162-2165. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-227798