When to start kangaroo mother care (KMC - Skin to skin contact) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants - Early or late?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Neonates with birth weight less than 1100 gm
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/05/004625
- Lead Sponsor
- Fernandez Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 141
Inclusion Criteria
Infant fulfilling the following criteria
•Birth weight less than 1100 grams
•Singleton
•Tolerating spoon or tube feeds of 150 mL/kg/day and not on intravenous fluids
•Breathing room air
•Hemodynamically stable
Exclusion Criteria
Infants born with major malformations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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