{"id":5875,"date":"2014-01-21T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:52:51","slug":"lo-mejor-para-el-mejor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/?p=5875","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9todo canguro en beb\u00e9s prematuros: beneficios | IMFER Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cada a\u00f1o nacen en el mundo alrededor de 15 millones de beb\u00e9s antes de la semana 37 de gestaci\u00f3n. De ellos, aproximadamente un mill\u00f3n no sobrevive, y un porcentaje significativo de los que salen adelante presentar\u00e1 secuelas de moderadas a severas. Ante estos datos, una intervenci\u00f3n tan sencilla como el contacto piel con piel entre la madre y su beb\u00e9 prematuro est\u00e1 demostrando resultados que superan a muchas tecnolog\u00edas de cuidados intensivos.<\/p>\n<h2>En qu\u00e9 consiste el m\u00e9todo canguro<\/h2>\n<p>El m\u00e9todo canguro surgi\u00f3 a finales de los a\u00f1os setenta en un hospital de Bogot\u00e1 (Colombia), donde la escasez de incubadoras llev\u00f3 a los m\u00e9dicos a colocar a los beb\u00e9s prematuros sobre el pecho desnudo de sus madres para mantenerlos calientes. Lo que comenz\u00f3 como una soluci\u00f3n de emergencia se convirti\u00f3 en una t\u00e9cnica con beneficios documentados que hoy se aplica en hospitales de todo el mundo, independientemente de sus recursos tecnol\u00f3gicos.<\/p>\n<p>El procedimiento consiste en colocar al beb\u00e9 prematuro, en ropa interior o completamente desnudo, sobre el pecho descubierto de la madre (o del padre), manteni\u00e9ndolo en posici\u00f3n vertical con la cabeza girada para que pueda respirar con facilidad. El contacto debe mantenerse de forma continua, durante al menos una o dos horas seguidas, y repetirse tantas veces como sea posible.<\/p>\n<h2>Qu\u00e9 beneficios aporta el contacto piel con piel<\/h2>\n<p>Los datos cient\u00edficos que avalan el m\u00e9todo canguro son s\u00f3lidos y consistentes. Un estudio publicado en la revista <em>Biological Psychiatry<\/em> por investigadores de la Universidad de Bar-Ilan (Israel) sigui\u00f3 durante diez a\u00f1os a ni\u00f1os que hab\u00edan sido cuidados con el m\u00e9todo canguro frente a los cuidados en incubadora est\u00e1ndar. Los resultados mostraron que los ni\u00f1os del grupo canguro presentaban:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mayores habilidades de aprendizaje y procesamiento cognitivo.<\/li>\n<li>Mejor capacidad para filtrar informaci\u00f3n irrelevante, lo que refleja un funcionamiento m\u00e1s maduro del c\u00f3rtex prefrontal.<\/li>\n<li>Mayor madurez del sistema nervioso aut\u00f3nomo, con respuestas m\u00e1s estables ante el estr\u00e9s.<\/li>\n<li>Mejores respuestas fisiol\u00f3gicas a situaciones nuevas o desafiantes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A corto plazo, el m\u00e9todo canguro tambi\u00e9n regulariza la frecuencia cardiaca y la respiraci\u00f3n del beb\u00e9, favorece la lactancia materna al estimular la producci\u00f3n de prolactina en la madre, reduce el dolor durante procedimientos m\u00e9dicos y acelera la ganancia de peso.<\/p>\n<h2>El v\u00ednculo madre-hijo como base del desarrollo<\/h2>\n<p>M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los efectos fisiol\u00f3gicos medibles, el contacto piel con piel cumple una funci\u00f3n esencial en la construcci\u00f3n del v\u00ednculo afectivo. La madre que sostiene a su beb\u00e9 prematuro sobre el pecho no est\u00e1 simplemente calent\u00e1ndolo: est\u00e1 respondiendo a sus se\u00f1ales, aprendiendo a leerlo, construyendo una relaci\u00f3n que ser\u00e1 la base de su desarrollo emocional durante a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Ban Ki-moon, entonces secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, se\u00f1al\u00f3 el D\u00eda Mundial del Nacimiento Prematuro que muchas de las muertes de beb\u00e9s prematuros podr\u00edan evitarse con intervenciones no m\u00e9dicas como el m\u00e9todo canguro, que a menudo resultan m\u00e1s eficaces que los cuidados intensivos en casos que no presentan problemas respiratorios graves.<\/p>\n<p>En IMFER acompa\u00f1amos a las familias tambi\u00e9n en los casos de embarazos de riesgo y partos prematuros. Si tienes un embarazo de alto riesgo o tu beb\u00e9 ha nacido antes de t\u00e9rmino, nuestro equipo puede orientarte sobre los recursos disponibles.<\/p>\n<p>Si quieres profundizar en este tema, consulta nuestra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/guia-infertilidad-pareja\/\">guia sobre reproduccion asistida<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"imfer-article-cta-inline\">\u00bfTienes dudas sobre este tema? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imfer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consulta con nuestros especialistas en IMFER<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tambi\u00e9n puede interesarte:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/la-consanguinidad-duplicaba-el-riesgo-de-anomalias-congenitas\/\">Consanguinidad y anomal\u00edas cong\u00e9nitas: riesgos y opciones\u2026<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imferblog.com\/la-consanguinidad-duplicaba-el-riesgo-de-anomalias-congenitas\/\">Consanguinidad y anomal\u00edas cong\u00e9nitas: riesgos y opciones\u2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cada a\u00f1o nacen en el mundo alrededor de 15 millones de beb\u00e9s antes de la semana 37 de gestaci\u00f3n. De ellos, aproximadamente un mill\u00f3n no sobrevive, y un porcentaje significativo de los que salen adelante presentar\u00e1 secuelas de moderadas a severas. Ante estos datos, una intervenci\u00f3n tan sencilla como el &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,7,1286],"class_list":["post-5875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","tag-actualidad","tag-fertilidad","tag-reproduccion-asistida","h-entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>M\u00e9todo canguro en beb\u00e9s prematuros | IMFER Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El contacto piel con piel o m\u00e9todo canguro reduce la mortalidad y mejora el desarrollo neurol\u00f3gico en beb\u00e9s prematuros. 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