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Kangaroo mother care (KMC), [1] which involves skin-to-skin contact (SSC), is an intervention to care for premature or low birth weight (LBW) infants. The technique and intervention is the recommended evidence-based care for LBW infants by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2003.
A receiving blanket is a small, lightweight blanket used to wrap or swaddle newborns, as well as in infant care more generally. [ 1 ] In the United States, many hospitals use a standard white cotton flannel receiving blanket, patterned with pink and blue stripes, manufactured by Medline Industries . [ 2 ]
Bergman is the founder of the International Network of Kangaroo Mother Care (INK), [8] and a member of the advisory board of La Leche League, South Africa, [9] the Breastfeeding Association of SA, the International Lactation Consultants Association, [10] Milk Matters (Human Milk Bank, Cape Town), [11] and a Trustee of the South African Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation.
Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) is assigned to care for a premature baby, using an unconventional method of skin-to-skin contact, known as kangaroo care, to help stabilize the infant. Shirtless, Alex holds the baby to his chest, attempting to save the child when all other medical options have been exhausted.
Best & Co. was a department store founded in 1879 by Albert Best in New York City. The company initially sold clothing for infants and children, but later expanded to women's clothing and accessories. It was known for its "tastefully styled and proper women's clothes and its sturdy children's wear."
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Nathalie Charpak (born 1955) is a French and Colombian pediatrician. As the founder and director of the Kangaroo Foundation, and associate researcher of the Pontifical Xavierian University, her research focuses on the care of low-birth weight preterm infants and the application of kangaroo mother care.
The New York store also housed a large organ; it was sold at auction in 1955 for $1,200 (~$10,655 in 2023) after the New York store closed the year prior. [11] News of the Titanic's sinking was transmitted to Wanamaker's wireless station in New York City, and given to anxious crowds waiting outside—yet another first for an American retail ...