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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NNH) is a common morbidity in the neonatal period, especially in the preterm and low-birth-weight babies. Low-birth-weight babies receiving phototherapy do not receive kangaroo mother care (KMC), which may hamper their weight gain and establishment of breast-feeding. The authors investigated the effect of KMC on duration of phototherapy in neonates admitted to a level III nursery with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Fifty neonates with gestational age of 30 to 40 wk, birth weight 1001–1999 g, and requiring phototherapy were randomized. Control group received phototherapy in a conventional manner. The intervention group received KMC for 1 h every 8 hourly. The mean (± SD) of total duration of phototherapy required in control group and in KMC group was 39.12 ± 15.3 and 19.44 ± 6.54 h, respectively and this difference was statistically significant.
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MJ: Study design, concept, data collection and manuscript preparation; DD: Data collection and manuscript preparation; AC: Data collection and manuscript preparation; RJ: Data collection and manuscript preparation; All authors were involved in the conduct of the study and preparing the manuscript. MJ will act as the guarantor for this paper.
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Jajoo, M., Dhingra, D., Chandil, A. et al. Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care on Duration of Phototherapy on Neonatal Jaundice: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Indian J Pediatr 89, 507–509 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-021-04013-y
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