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This article presents a description and preliminary data for kangaroo transport.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Design. We conducted kangaroo transports of 31 stable preterm and term infants in different settings and recorded data regarding transport conditions and cardiorespiratory stability. Eighteen transports were back transfers, and 13 were transfers in. Twenty-seven transports were conducted by the mother, 1 by the father, 2 by nurses, and 1 by a doctor. Transport distance was 2 to 400 km.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. Heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, and rectal temperature remained stable during all kangaroo transports lasting 10 to 300 minutes. Weight at transport was 1220 to 3720 g. Parents felt very comfortable and safe and appreciated this method of transport.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. Kangaroo transport promotes mother-infant closeness and might ameliorate several of the risks associated with incubator transport.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.113.4.920","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,8,14]],"date-time":"2004-08-14T00:53:04Z","timestamp":1092444784000},"page":"920-923","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":41,"title":["Kangaroo Transport Instead of Incubator Transport"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Dieter","family":"Sontheimer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital, Wernigerode, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine B.","family":"Fischer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kerstin E.","family":"Buch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital, Wernigerode, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2004,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021121006133312500_R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hawgood S, Spong J, Yu VY. 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