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. 1998 Sep;52(2):145-53.
doi: 10.1016/s0378-3782(98)00022-x.

Cardiorespiratory stability of premature boys and girls during kangaroo care

C B Fischer  1 , D Sontheimer, F Scheffer, J Bauer, O Linderkamp
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Cardiorespiratory stability of premature boys and girls during kangaroo care

C B Fischer et al. Early Hum Dev. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

The objective of the investigation was to study the stability of the cardiorespiratory system of 20 premature boys and girls during maternal kangaroo care (KC) and in the incubator. Stability of heart rate, respiration and oxygen saturation was compared in a pretest-test-posttest design by means of a stability score. The three stability items and the total stability did not change significantly during the three conditions. In some individuals the stability either increased or decreased markedly during Kangaroo Care. The boys showed significantly less cardiorespiratory stability both during kangaroo care and in the incubator compared to the girls.

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