Health Condition 1: P071- Other low birth weight newborn
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Immediate kangaroo mother care before 72 hours of life: Kangaroo mother care provided before 72 hrs of life versus after 72 hours of life
Control Intervention1: Conventional kangaroo mo
Sponsors
Maanasa G
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All infants born alive in the participating hospitals with a birth weight from 1.0 to less than 1.5 kg, regardless of their gestational age, are eligible for participation in this trial with their mothers. It should be a singleton pregnancy. The motherâ??infant pair is eligible even if the mother experiences some complications during labour and delivery that are expected to be resolved within 3 days.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The mother is younger than 15 years of age 2. The mother is unable or unwilling to provide consent 3. The mother is unlikely to be able to provide KMC initiation within the first 3 days after birth (eg: eclampsia or shock or has undergone major surgery) 4. Baby is unable to breathe spontaneously within 1 hour of birth 5. Baby on ventilatory support 6. Multiple gestation 7. Baby has a congenital malformation that interferes with the intervention or the intervention interferes with the care for the congenital malformation 8. If for any other reason the mother infant pair cannot be enrolled within 2 hours of birth of infant. 9. If mother not able to provide immediate KMC or willing relative.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Impact of immediate KMC vs Neonatal Intensive Care using warmer in preterm infants weighing (1-1.5kg) on early neonatal mortality, in a tertiary care hospitalTimepoint: Jan 2023-Jan 2024 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the effect of the intervention on: 1.Time taken for physiological stabilization 2.Hypothermia 3.Time taken to reach full breast feeding 4.Hypoglycemia 5.Clinically suspected sepsis 6. Duration of hospital stay 7.Weight gain of infants Timepoint: Jan 2023-Jan 2024 | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMaanasa G
Dr.Prabhakar Kore Hospital and medical research centre, Nehru nagar
Outcome results
None listed