ArticleEarly human development2018
Oral feeding practices and discharge timing for moderately preterm infants.
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- Right and Left Side-Lying Positioning During Bottle-Feeding in Premature Infants-A Randomized Crossover Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Introduction of oral feeding in premature infants on high flow nasal cannula in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit: a quality improvement initiative.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Premature Babies Can Be Cared for in the Maternity Ward without an Increased Risk and Discharged with a Feeding Tube If Necessary.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Bolus Feeding Via Gastric Versus Oral Routes in Very Preterm Neonates.Journal of mother and child · 2024Article
- Turkish adaptation of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool-Bottle-Feeding in preterm infants discharged to home.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- A Unique Clinical Tool for the Evaluation of Oral Feeding Skills in Infants.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2023Article
- Effect of cue-based feeding on time to nipple feed and time to discharge in very low birth weight infants.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Contributions of the NICHD neonatal research network's generic database to documenting and advancing the outcomes of extremely preterm infants.Seminars in perinatology · 2022Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of infant-driven and traditional feeding outcomes for neonatal intensive care unit infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Oral-feeding guidelines for preterm neonates in the NICU: a scoping review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Quantitative assessment of nutritive sucking patterns in preterm infants.Early human development · 2020Article
- Safety and Parental Satisfaction With Early Discharge of Preterm Infants on Nasogastric Tube Feeding and Outpatient Clinic Follow-Up.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Inadequate oral feeding as a barrier to discharge in moderately preterm infants.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral feeding skills of moderately preterm infants are not mature at birth.
aimsTo establish the relationship between postmenstrual age at introduction of first oral feeding and attainment of full oral feeding and hospital discharge for moderately preterm infants. STUDY
designMulticenter retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort of moderately preterm infants admitted to a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network hospital. SUBJECTS: 6146 infants born at 29-33 weeks' gestation from January 2012 to November 2013. OUTCOME MEASURES: Postmenstrual age at full oral feeding and at hospital discharge.
resultsThe median postmenstrual age at first oral feeding was 33.9 weeks (interquartile range 33.1-34.3). For each week earlier at first oral feeding, full oral feeding occurred 4.5 days earlier (p < 0.0001) and hospital stay was shortened by 3.4 days (p < 0.0001). Higher birth weight (p < 0.0001) and black maternal race (p = 0.0001) were associated with younger postmenstrual age at full oral feeding and at discharge.
conclusionModerately preterm infants with earlier introduction of oral feeding achieved earlier full oral feeding and hospital discharge.
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