Descriptive study of the clinical and nutritional profile and follow-up of premature babies in a Kangaroo Mother Care Program

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dc.contributor.authorPenalva O.
dc.contributor.authorSchwartzman J.S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T01:43:17Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T01:43:17Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractObjective: To describe the profile of premature newborns participating in the Kangaroo Mother Care Program and the data from, and to verify possible correlations between these descriptive data. Methods: A descriptive study of 70 children, 5-34 months old, born between April 1999 and 2002, with gestation age of 32.5 weeks, birth weight 1,560 g, participating in the Kangaroo Mother Care Program (modified for Brazil) for at least 3 days. They were discharged from Kangaroo Mother Care weighing around 3,000 g and followed-up to 1 year. Results: Birth weight, gestational age and Apgar scores were determinants of better clinical, nutritional and motor outcomes as well as for enrollment on the Kangaroo Mother Care Program. During the second phase of the program 8.6% of the children were readmitted due to apnea. Exclusive breastfeeding started at a mean postconceptual age of 35.3 weeks and mean age postpartum of 18.6 days. By hospital discharge, children were at a mean age of 29 days, mean weight of 1,734 g and 85.7% were on exclusive breastfeeding. Predominant breastfeeding up to 6 months of age was observed in 60.3%. We initially identified motor disorders in 42.8% decreasing to 14.3% in the final review of records, including cerebral palsy (6.9%) and retarded motor development (6.9%). Conclusions: Enrollment on the Kangaroo Mother Care Program, in common with data on breastfeeding and clinical outcomes were determined by gestational age and birth weight and were influenced by clinical conditions of each preterm infant. Kangaroo Mother Care proved itself a good breastfeeding instrument, but its role as an intervention for motor development must be better investigated. Copyright © 2006 by Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria.
dc.description.firstpage33
dc.description.issuenumber1
dc.description.lastpage39
dc.description.volume82
dc.identifier.doi10.2223/JPED.1434
dc.identifier.issn0021-7557
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/37833
dc.relation.ispartofJornal de Pediatria
dc.rightsAcesso Aberto
dc.subject.otherlanguageChild development
dc.subject.otherlanguageKangaroo Mother Care
dc.subject.otherlanguagePrematurity
dc.subject.otherlanguagePreterm newborn
dc.titleDescriptive study of the clinical and nutritional profile and follow-up of premature babies in a Kangaroo Mother Care Program
dc.typeArtigo
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