Bibliographic Info
GuidelineWHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience
Year of Publication2018
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended
Certainty of evidence
Low
Newborns without complications should be kept in skin-to-skin contact (SSC) with their mothers during the first hour after birth to prevent hypothermia and promote breastfeeding
Notes and Remarks
- 1.This recommendation has been integrated from the WHO Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions: evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations, in which the GDG for that guideline determined it to be a strong recommendation based on low-quality evidence. 2. No further remarks were noted.
- 3. The evidence supporting this recommendation can be found in the source guideline document, available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44774/1/9789241502825_eng.pdf
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Originally Developed
Guideline
Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions : evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations : newborn conditions, dysentery, pneumonia, oxygen use and delivery, common causes of fever, severe acute malnutrition and supportive care
Year2012
InstitutionWorld Health Organization