Comparative Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care versus Conventional  Incubator Care in Moderately Low Birth-Weight Infants (>1500 g): A  Randomized Controlled Trial in a Tertiary Pakistani Hospital

Anam Amjad Buttar, Momna Ejaz, Raima Siddiqui, Amber Rehman, Hammal Khan Naseer Baloch, Muhammad Sami Iqbal

Comparative Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care versus Conventional Incubator Care in Moderately Low Birth-Weight Infants (>1500 g): A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Tertiary Pakistani Hospital

Authors

Anam Amjad Buttar, Momna Ejaz, Raima Siddiqui, Amber Rehman, Hammal Khan Naseer Baloch, Muhammad Sami Iqbal

Keywords:

kangaroo mother care; low birth weight; randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Kangaroo mother care (KMC) has been proposed as an effective alternative toconventional incubator care for low birth-weight infants, but comparative randomized evidence for moderately low birth-weight neonates

References

Mazumder S, Taneja S, Bhandari N, et al. Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and survival of infants with low birth weight. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:2028–2038. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2026486.

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Published

2025-11-27

How to Cite

Anam Amjad Buttar, Momna Ejaz, Raima Siddiqui, Amber Rehman, Hammal Khan Naseer Baloch, Muhammad Sami Iqbal. (2025). Comparative Outcomes of Kangaroo Mother Care versus Conventional Incubator Care in Moderately Low Birth-Weight Infants (>1500 g): A Randomized Controlled Trial in a Tertiary Pakistani Hospital . International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 15(2), 3562–3571. Retrieved from https://www.ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/1242