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Trial reportJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025

The effect of maternal position on cerebral oxygenation in premature infants during Kangaroo care: a randomised controlled trial.

Iyshwarya Stapleton, Sarah Murphy, Susan Vaughan, Brian Henry Walsh, Kannan Natchimuthu, Vicki Livingstone, Eugene Dempsey

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Trial report in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05686252 (Investigating the Effect of Held Position During Kangaroo Care on Physiological Parameters of Premature Infants - A Randomised Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Investigating the Effect of Held Position During Kangaroo Care on Physiological Parameters of Premature Infants - A Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity College CorkRan2022 to 2022Enrolled20ConditionsExtreme Prematurity, Extremely Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Premature BirthArmsHeld Position
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7 authors.

Iyshwarya StapletonDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland. 110705275@umail.ucc.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-7867-3518
Sarah MurphyDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Susan VaughanDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Brian Henry WalshDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-6884
Kannan NatchimuthuDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Vicki LivingstoneIrish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT) Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3309-1231
Eugene DempseyDepartment of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-3462

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess whether there was an optimal maternal position (30° versus 60° incline) for kangaroo mother care.

designSingle centre cross-over randomised controlled trial. Mothers were randomly assigned to start at either a 30° or 60° angle. Primary outcomes were the mean cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) values. Secondary outcomes included median peripheral saturations and heart rates.

resultsTwenty infants were included in the final analysis: median gestational age at birth was 28

conclusionsMaternal positioning at a 30° or 60° incline did not impact on cerebral oxygenation values in very preterm infants. Either position was associated with clinical stability. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05686252.

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BrainInfant, PrematureKangaroo-Mother Care MethodOxygenPatient PositioningCross-Over StudiesFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornMaleOxygen SaturationSpectroscopy, Near-InfraredOxygen

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PMID40186001
PMCPMC12660145

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