ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2026
Effect of thickened liquids in facilitating full oral nutrition for the preterm infant struggling to achieve full oral feeds at term postmenstrual age.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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objectiveTest the effect of thickened liquids on preterm infants (25-35 weeks of gestation) who are struggling to achieve full oral feeds. STUDY
designRetrospective case-control study of preterm infants struggling to achieve full oral feeds at term, prompting provision of thickened liquids without aspiration on instrumental assessment, and controls, matched for gestational age and comorbidities, who followed a typical thin liquid feeding progression. Paired t-tests were used to test differences in overall milk transfer (%, milk consumed/prescribed) before and after thickening, with mixed linear regression to test differences between the control and thickened group.
result38 infants (19 thickened) were included. Prior to thickening, infants struggling with feeds had significantly slower rates of improvement in overall transfer than controls (struggling feeders, 1.3%/day; controls, 4.5%/day) (p < .001). Overall transfer increased 13% 48 h after thickening (p = 0.01).
conclusionThickened liquids may be an effective treatment for select preterm infants who are not progressing to full oral feeds at term postmenstrual age, even if aspiration is not observed on instrumental assessment.
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