Abstract Background Kangaroo Care (KC) in high technology settings is often defined as a
form of parental caregiving where the newborn low birthweight or preterm infant is …

PURPOSE: The benefits of kangaroo care (KC) are well supported by previously published
studies, yet KC is offered inconsistently and faces obstacles in the neonatal intensive care …

Research to date suggests that kangaroo care, or skin-to-skin care, is safe and therapeutic
for the infant and the parent. A review of the kangaroo/skin-to-skin care research found that …

Objective To appraise critically and to synthesize existing Maternal Kangaroo Care (MKC)
intervention studies for neonatal procedural pain. Methods Four electronic databases were …

Aim: To study the knowledge, attitude, and practices of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC)
among eligible postnatal mothers in the postnatal ward (PNW) and neonatal intensive care …

Neonatal Network for the nation's 20,000 neonatal nurses and 112,000 labor/delivery/
newborn nurses. 23 NICU nurses' insistence that KC be given only by physician order …

summary Kangaroo Mother Care is a simple and beneficial intervention for the care of low
birth weight infants. Although initially conceived for use in developing countries with limited …

Conclusion This study has shown that KC is as effective in reducing pain as 24% sucrose for
repeated painful procedures during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, but …

This study was a prospective, randomized controlled trial. The study sample consisted of
105 healthy neonates who conformed to the case selection criteria. Neonates were …

BACKGROUND: Heel stick is the most common painful procedure for preterm infants in
neonatal intensive care units. Resultant pain causes adverse physiological effects in major …