title: The effect of kangaroo mother care on the duration of phototherapy of infants re-admitted for neonatal jaundice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the effect of kangaroo mother care (KMC) on the duration of phototherapy of jaundiced neonates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty Egyptian newborns hospitalized for jaundice were investigated through a prospective observational study to determine whether intermittent KMC would reduce the duration of phototherapy required.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The babies who received KMC recovered earlier from jaundice and needed a shorter duration of phototherapy than the control group (68.14 ± 24.32 hour versus 100.86 ± 42.26 hour, p = 0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KMC may be an effective intervention to reduce the duration of phototherapy needed when jaundiced babies are hospitalized.
authors: Fayoum Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, Cairo, Egypt.
authors: Nashwa M
authors: NM
authors: Samra
authors: Amal
authors: A
authors: El Taweel
authors: Karin
authors: K
authors: Cadwell
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D060127:Kangaroo-Mother Care Method; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods*; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D047929:Term Birth / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors