ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2021
Oral-feeding guidelines for preterm neonates in the NICU: a scoping review.
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- From Warm to Cold: Feeding Cold Milk to Preterm Infants with Uncoordinated Oral Feeding Patterns.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Progression of Enteral Feeding Volumes in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in the "Connection Trial".American journal of perinatology · 2024Trial
- The effect of oropharyngeal mother's milk on nutritional outcomes in preterm infants: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Demographic and clinical predictors and inter-center variability of tube feeding in preterm NICU patients.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Factors affecting feeding ability in children with neonatal intensive care unit stay: a cluster analysis using machine learning methods.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Influential factors related to feeding disorders in preterm infants and the construction of predictive models.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Turkish adaptation of the Neonatal Eating Assessment Tool-Bottle-Feeding in preterm infants discharged to home.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Effects of a valved infant-bottle with ergonomic teat on the coordination of sucking, swallowing, and respiration in late-preterm infants. The Safe Oral Feeding randomized Trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Enteral Feeding for Moderately Premature and Low Birth Weight Infants: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.JPGN reports · 2023Article
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- Factors associated with post NICU discharge exclusive breastfeeding rate and duration amongst first time mothers of preterm infants in Shanghai: a longitudinal cohort study.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis scoping review describes the nature and evidence base of internationally available guidelines for the introduction of oral feeding for preterm infants in neonatal units. STUDY
designThirty-nine current infant oral feeding introduction guidelines were obtained, and their recommendations contrasted with available scientific literature.
resultDocuments were primarily from the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia, from hospitals, regional health authorities, and journal articles. Specifics of nonnutritive sucking, gestational age at first feed, exclusions to oral feeding, suggested interventions, and the definition of full oral feeding varied between documents. There was variable use of scientific evidence to back up recommendations.
conclusionGuidelines for oral feeding, whether written by clinicians or researchers, vary greatly in their recommendations and details of interventions. Areas more widely researched were more commonly discussed. Recommendations varied more when evidence was not available or weak. Guideline developers need to synthesize evidence and local variability to create appropriate guidelines.
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