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In a message dated 10/13/2005 5:28:22 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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This article adds more fuel to the war on babies, mothering, and
breastfeeding. The attack on kangaroo care has now begun; according to this
article,
stressed newborns should be refrigerated instead of held skin-to-skin! I
know, from my adult intensive care experience, that cooling an injured
person
reduces the brain's need for energy and fuel; however, the thought of
chilling
newborns upsets me.
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This is NOT an attack on Kangaroo Care! In several randomized controlled
trials head and body cooling have been shown to offer a somewhat better
neurologic long-term outcome for asphyxiated newborns. It is NOT being done with
normal infants - only those who meet specific criteria for hypoxic-ischemic
encephalopathy.
Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
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