Open AccessThe Physiologic Status of Low-Birth-Weight Infants Before and After Kangaroo Mother Care Sessions: A Retrospective Study
Author(s) -
Erika Marie C. Peredo,
Maria Esterlita T. Villanueva-Uy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta medica philippina/acta medica philippina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2094-9278
pISSN - 0001-6071
DOI - 10.47895/amp.v55i9.3742
Subject(s) - medicine , oxygen saturation , flacc scale , respiratory rate , heart rate , low birth weight , pediatrics , anesthesia , hyperventilation , oxygen , pregnancy , blood pressure , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , postoperative pain , genetics
Objective. To compare the physiologic status of infants before and after receiving kangaroo mother care (KMC) through assessment of their heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), temperature, oxygen saturation, and pain scores.
Methods. We conducted a retrospective study by chart review of all low-birth weight (LBW) infants enrolled in the KMC program of a tertiary medical center. Significance is defined by lower HR, RR, PIPP score and FLACC scale, and significant increase in temperature and oxygen saturation (within normal range) after 4 hours after each KMC session.
Results. Out of the 46 LBW weight infants enrolled in the KMC program, only 23 infants had complete chart entries. A total of 99 KMC sessions were analyzed. There was no significant difference in the HR (p = 0.331), RR (p = 0.453), oxygen saturation (p = 0.839), and PIPP (p = 0.387)/FLACC (p = 0.13) scores among the LBW infants before and after the KMC session. However, there was a significantly higher axillary temperature (within normal range) four hours after KMC (p = 0.044).
Conclusions. KMC is associated with better thermoregulation even at four hours after the KMC session compared to four hours before. Other physiologic parameters such as heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation and pain scores were similar four hours before and after the KMC session.