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Effect of tactile kinesthetic stimulation on preterm infants’ weight and length of hospital stay in Khartoum, Sudan

Ragaa G. Ahmed, Gaafer I. Suliman, Walyeldin A. Elfakey, Karimeldin M. Salih, Ehab I. El-Amin, Waled A. Ahmed and Khalid E. Khalid
Saudi Medical Journal January 2015, 36 (2) 196-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.2.9415
Ragaa G. Ahmed
From the Department of Nursing (Ahmed R, Ahmed W), the Department of Community Health (El-Amin), the Department of Laboratory Medicine (Khalid), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, the Department of Pediatric (Elfakey), Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, the Department of Pediatric (Salih), Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Pediatric and Child Health (Suliman), Gaafar Ibn-auf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
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From the Department of Nursing (Ahmed R, Ahmed W), the Department of Community Health (El-Amin), the Department of Laboratory Medicine (Khalid), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, the Department of Pediatric (Elfakey), Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, the Department of Pediatric (Salih), Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Pediatric and Child Health (Suliman), Gaafar Ibn-auf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Walyeldin A. Elfakey
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Karimeldin M. Salih
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Ehab I. El-Amin
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Waled A. Ahmed
From the Department of Nursing (Ahmed R, Ahmed W), the Department of Community Health (El-Amin), the Department of Laboratory Medicine (Khalid), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, the Department of Pediatric (Elfakey), Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, the Department of Pediatric (Salih), Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Pediatric and Child Health (Suliman), Gaafar Ibn-auf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
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Khalid E. Khalid
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vol. 36 no. 2 196-199
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.2.9415
PubMed 
25719584

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received June 19, 2014
  • Accepted December 19, 2014
  • Published online February 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Ragaa G. Ahmed, PhD⇑,
  2. Gaafer I. Suliman, DCH(Lon), PhD,
  3. Walyeldin A. Elfakey, MD,
  4. Karimeldin M. Salih, MD,
  5. Ehab I. El-Amin, PhD,
  6. Waled A. Ahmed, PhD and
  7. Khalid E. Khalid, PhD
  1. From the Department of Nursing (Ahmed R, Ahmed W), the Department of Community Health (El-Amin), the Department of Laboratory Medicine (Khalid), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, the Department of Pediatric (Elfakey), Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, the Department of Pediatric (Salih), Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Pediatric and Child Health (Suliman), Gaafar Ibn-auf Children’s Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ragaa G. Ahmed, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, PO Box 1988, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: ragy254{at}yahoo.com
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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2015, 36 (2) 196-199; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.2.9415
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