Chapter-36 Kangaroo Mother Care
BOOK TITLE: Protocols in Neonatology
Author
1. PN Suman Rao
2. Chakravarthy Balla Kalyan
ISBN
9789385891731
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/12797_37
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2016
Pages
8
Author Affiliations
1.
St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India,
St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
St John’s Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
Professor, Department of Neonatology
2.
St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India,
St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Chapter keywords
kangaroo mother care,
KMC,
low-birth weight infants,
breastfeeding,
Skin-to-skin contact,
in-utero environment,
physiological stability,
KMC session,
KMC position