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Table 1 Characteristics of 16 low birth weight infants participating in Kangaroo care

From: Cerebral oxygenation responses during kangaroo care in low birth weight infants

Subject number

Sex

GA (wks)

BBW (g)

Apgar score 1 min/5 min

Acute phase illness

At the day of Kangaroo care

      

PCA (wks)

BW (g)

Theophylline

1

M

28

1228

8/8

PPHN

34

1531

Yes

2

M

28

1258

8/9

TTN

33

1458

Yes

3

F

31

1282

7/9

RDS

34

1222

No

4

F

30

1538

7/8

RDS

34

1482

No

5

F

30

1228

7/8

RDS

36

1298

No

6

F

28

1140

6/8

TTN

40

1638

No

7

F

27

1152

1/6

RDS

36

1298

No

8

M

33

1586

7/9

TTN

36

1752

No

9

M

24

692

8/8

RDS

40

1064

Yes

10

M

25

756

5/7

RDS

35

1043

Yes

11

M

27

1272

2/3

RDS

37

1581

No

12

M

25

866

5/8

RDS

41

1858

No

13

F

29

1106

9/9

RDS

36

1359

No

14

M

26

982

9/10

RDS

36

946

No

15

M

25

772

6/6

RDS

42

1334

No

16

M

27

1130

7/9

CLD

36

1540

No

  1. GA: gestational age, BBW: birth body weight, PCA: postconceptional age, BW: body weight, PPHN: persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn, RDS: respiratory distress syndrome, TTN: transient tachypnea of the newborn