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The primary outcome was the average weight gain (g\/kg\/day) from the time of randomization to term gestational age.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Mean birth weight, age in days and weight at randomization were similar in both the groups. At term gestational age, average weight gain (g\/kg\/day) post randomization (23.3\u2003\u00b1\u20038.7\u2003g vs. 22.64\u2003\u00b1\u20039.1\u2003g, p\u2003=\u20030.67) and breastfeeding rate (85.9% vs. 87.0%) were comparable. There was no difference in weight gain (g\/kg\/day) from randomization to hospital discharge between the Kangaroo care group and conventional care group (18.01\u2003g vs. 15.64\u2003g, p\u2003=\u20030.12). Mortality, morbidities like sepsis, hypothermia, apnoea, hypoglycaemia and duration of hospitalization were equally distributed. On average, 11.5\u2003days of intermediate care were saved in the kangaroo group.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:\u2002<\/jats:bold> Kangaroo mother care in the Kangaroo ward is as effective as conventional care in the neonatal unit without any increase in morbidity or mortality in stable VLBW infants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/apa.12023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,9,30]],"date-time":"2012-09-30T11:56:07Z","timestamp":1349006167000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["Kangaroo Mother Care in Kangaroo ward for improving the growth and breastfeeding outcomes when reaching term gestational age in very low birth weight infants"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"101","author":[{"given":"Sunil","family":"Ghavane","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Srinivas","family":"Murki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sreeram","family":"Subramanian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pramod","family":"Gaddam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hemasree","family":"Kandraju","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sridevi","family":"Thumalla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,9,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"e_1_2_9_2_2","first-page":"CD002771","article-title":"Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birth weight infants","volume":"16","author":"Conde\u2010Agudelo A","year":"2011","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_2","first-page":"190","volume-title":"Care of the newborn","author":"Singh M","year":"2000"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02722345"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00004703-200306000-00006"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1440-1754.2007.01198.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1891\/0730-0832.19.4.31"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_8_2","first-page":"155","article-title":"Kangaroo mother care as compared to conventional care for low birth weight babies","volume":"36","author":"Ali SM","year":"2009","journal-title":"Dicle Med J"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_9_2","first-page":"17","article-title":"Kangaroo mother care for low birth weight infants: a randomized controlled trial","volume":"45","author":"Suman RP","year":"2008","journal-title":"Indian Pediatr"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_10_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1258\/td.2010.090513"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_11_2","first-page":"891","article-title":"Breastfeeding practices of urban and rural mothers","volume":"46","author":"Oommen A","year":"2009","journal-title":"Indian Pediatr"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_12_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.100.4.682"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_13_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1651-2227.1998.tb01769.x"}],"container-title":["Acta Paediatrica"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fapa.12023","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/apa.12023","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,16]],"date-time":"2023-10-16T00:15:28Z","timestamp":1697415328000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/apa.12023"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,9,28]]},"references-count":12,"journal-issue":{"issue":"12","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,12]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/apa.12023"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/apa.12023","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0803-5253","1651-2227"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0803-5253","type":"print"},{"value":"1651-2227","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,9,28]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2012-09-28","order":2,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}