Breastfeeding Characteristics of Late-Preterm Infants in a Kangaroo Mother Care Unit
Objective: To describe the breastfeeding characteristics of late-preterm infants (LPIs) in a kangaroo mother care unit (KMC). Materials and methods: In a 20-bed KMC unit, the breastfeeding of 73 purposively-selected LPIs’ (mean gestational age: 34.8 weeks) was observed once-off, using the Preterm...
Main Author: | Pike, Melissa |
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Other Authors: | Kritzinger, Alta M. (Aletta Margaretha) |
Language: | en |
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University of Pretoria
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61554 Pike, M 2017, Breastfeeding Characteristics of Late-Preterm Infants in a Kangaroo Mother Care Unit, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61554> |
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