ReviewThe Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing
Supporting oral feeding in fragile infants: an evidence-based method for quality bottle-feedings of preterm, ill, and fragile infants.
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A Cue-based Developmental Approach Toward the Preterm Infants During Feeding Transition Period - Explore Clinical Facts, Evaluate Intervention Effects and Develop Clinical Guideline
The Efficacy of Systematic Oral Feeding Education Program (SOFEP) on Feeding Techniques, Caregiver Stress, and Infant Feeding Skills in Caregivers of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease After Surgery
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Oral feeding for infants and children receiving nasal continuous positive airway pressure and high flow nasal cannula: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Oral Feeding and Aspiration Risk in Preterm Infants Receiving Nasal High-Flow Respiratory Support: A Cross-Sectional Study.Dysphagia · 2026Article
- The Emergence of Self-Awareness in Preterm Infants: Insights From the Rooting Reflex.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Enjoyment in Preterm Infants: Exploring Clinical and Research Perspectives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Neonatal network : NN · 2026Review
- A description of feeding and swallowing in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2025Article
- Oral Feeding of NICU Infants: A Global Survey of Current Practices and the Potential of Cold Milk Feeding Intervention.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Systemizing and Transforming Preterm Oral Feeding Through Innovative Algorithms.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Developmental care pathway for hospitalised infants with CHD: on behalf of the Cardiac Newborn Neuroprotective Network, a Special Interest Group of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative.Cardiology in the young · 2023Article
- Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Factors Affecting Oral Feeding Ability in Indonesian Preterm Infants.Pediatric reports · 2022Article
- Psychometric properties of the oral feeding assessment in premature infants scale.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Application of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale to Evaluate the Neurobehavior of Preterm Neonates.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Neonatal feeding performance is related to feeding outcomes in childhood.Early human development · 2020Article
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- Management of Oral Feeding Challenges in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs): A National Survey in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Transition From Nasogastric Tube to Oral Feeding: The Role of Parental Guided Responsive Feeding.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
- Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Review
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- Effect of four approaches to oral feeding progression on clinical outcomes in preterm infants.Nursing research and practice · 2015Article
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Abstract
Successful oral feeding of preterm and other ill and fragile infants is an interactive process that requires (1) sensitive, ongoing assessment of an infant's physiology and behavior, (2) knowledgeable decisions that support immediate and long-term enjoyment of food, and (3) competent skill in feeding. Caregivers can support feeding success by using the infant's biological and behavioral channels of communication to inform their feeding decisions and actions. The Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants (SOFFI) Method is described here with text, algorithms, and reference guides. Two of the algorithms and the reference guides are published separately as Philbin, Ross. SOFFI Reference Guides: Text, Algorithms, and Appendices (in review). The information in all of these materials is drawn from sound research findings and, rarely, when such findings are not available, from expert, commonly accepted clinical practice. If the quality of a feeding takes priority over the quantity ingested, feeding skill develops pleasurably and at the infant's own pace. Once physiologic organization and behavioral skills are established, an affinity for feeding and the ingestion of sufficient quantity occur naturally, often rapidly, and at approximately the same postmenstrual age as volume-focused feedings. Nurses, therapists, and parents alike can use the SOFFI Method to increase the likelihood of feeding success in the population of infants at risk for feeding problems that emerge in infancy and extend into the preschool years.
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