Wednesday 9 April 2014

'Kangaroo Care' Beats Incubators for Colombian Preterm Babies

Cesar Algeciras often spends five hours straight in the neonatal intensive care unit, lovingly clutching his premature son to his bare chest, a form of Kangaroo care. "Feeling his heart beat is a delight," said the 36-year-old computer engineer. "Sometimes I don't even have to check the monitor to make sure he's fine." This simple practice of skin-to-skin contact is known as "kangaroo care" -- in a nod to the marsupials who carry their young in a pouch ...

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