Impact of intermittent kangaroo mother care on weight gain of neonate in nicu: Randomized control trial.

Objective: To measure the impact of intermittent kangaroo mother care on weight-gain of neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Methods: The randomised controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Neonatology, the Children Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan, from March to October, 2018, and recruited newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The subjects were randomised into case and control groups.

Diseases causing biochemical changes during pregnancy in the population of Karachi.

Malnutrition and population growth rate are the basic problems is south Asian countries, mainly Pakistan, Bangladesh, India etc. This situation becomes serious when a woman becomes pregnant. In this research work 30 pregnant women belonging to middle and lower middle class of 25 to 35 years of age were examined at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi.