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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