ArticleItalian journal of pediatrics2025
Determination of oral feeding skills in late preterm, early term, and full-term infants using the neonatal oral feeding monitor (NeoSAFE).
Article in Italian journal of pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07273266 (The Effect of Routine Versus Random Pacifier Administration Methods on Feeding Maturity in Preterm Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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The Effect of Routine Versus Random Pacifier Administration Methods on Feeding Maturity in Preterm Infants
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- Noninvasive acoustic evaluation of oral feeding skills in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Enhancing the assessment of deglutition function in preterm infants with mechano-acoustic analysis and machine learning: a narrative review.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2026Article
- Impact of Kinesio Taping on Oral Feeding and Swallowing Functions: Acoustic Analysis of Swallowing Sounds in Late Preterm Infants-A Randomized Clinical Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors affecting feeding ability in children with neonatal intensive care unit stay: a cluster analysis using machine learning methods.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- An innovative automatic feeding device for preterm infants: promoting the development of sucking ability.Frontiers in medical technology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMature oral feeding is a complex function involving numerous muscles and nerves, typically developing between the postmenstrual age of 34-36 weeks in newborn infants. The objective of this study was to analyze the oral feeding skills of healthy late preterm, early term, and full-term infants using a neonatal oral feeding monitor.
methodsWe used the oral feeding parameters reported by NeoSAFE which is a certified medical device, to assess the swallowing and swallow-respiration coordination in newborn infants. Oral feeding parameters were recorded over a 2-minutes long bottle-feeding session. The total swallow count, swallow time, maximum rhythmic swallows, resting interval duration, time between rhythmic swallows and inspiration after swallow count were recorded by NeoSAFE. We planned to examine the relationship of oral feeding parameters according to the gestational age. We also investigated whether the coordination of swallowing and respiration changes with respect to gestational age in newborn infants.
resultsA total of 88 infants were included; 34 late preterm, 34 early term, and 20 full term. The gestational age was found to have significant negative correlation with the average time between rhythmic swallows and positive correlation with the swallow time. Feeding volume was found to have a negative correlation with the resting interval duration and average time between rhythmic swallows. It was also found that the feeding volume has a positive correlation with total swallow count, swallow time, maximum rhythmic swallow and inspirium after swallow count.
conclusionAlthough the oral feeding skills of infants at 34 weeks gestation are still developing, this study identified differences in oral feeding skills among late preterm, early term, and full-term infants when assessed using a neonatal swallow and respiration detection system. However, conducting larger cohort studies using NeoSAFE would be beneficial for guiding oral feeding approaches in infants.
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