Kangaroo-care Definition

noun

A technique practiced on newborn, usually premature, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with an adult.

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Kangaroo-care Sentence Examples

  • Parents who have experienced kangaroo care have expressed excitement and joy with the practice and many have felt like parents for the first time since their infant's birth.

  • As well, kangaroo care has been found to promote parent and infant bonding, breastfeeding, and early discharge for premature infants.

  • Cardiopulmonary monitoring and oximetry may be continued during kangaroo care.

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