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Neurosciences
Roksana Malak, Katarzyna Wiechec, Brittany Fechner, Tomasz Szczapa, Joanna Kasperkowicz, Maja Matthews-Kozanecka, Teresa Matthews Brzozowska, Oskar Komisarek, Wlodzimierz Samborski, Ewa Mojs
Summary: The study found that neurobehavior directly impacts the sucking reflex and eating abilities of very preterm neonates. Therefore, close assessment of neurobehavior in these neonates is crucial for early intervention and rehabilitation planning to address fundamental issues and facilitate feeding skills.
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Engineering, Biomedical
Saeed Akbarzadeh, Tianchan Lyu, Roozbeh Farhoodi, Muhammad Awais, Saadullah Farooq Abbasi, Xian Zhao, Chen Chen, Amara Amara, Yasemin Akay, Metin Akay, Wei Chen
Summary: Due to the lack of physical development, premature infants require assistance in improving their sucking skills. Here, we present a new device that can measure intraoral pressure and expression pressure as parameters for non-nutritive sucking skills. This device provides a robust and inexpensive alternative for monitoring oral feeding ability in premature infants.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Kathryn Burge, Frederico Vieira, Jeffrey Eckert, Hala Chaaban
Summary: NEC is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates, with formula feeding being one of the risk factors. The differences in structure and nutritional components between breast milk and formula may affect the digestion and absorption of lipids, which could impact premature infants at risk for NEC.
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Pediatrics
Li Li, Li Liu, Fang Chen, Li Huang
Summary: Oral motor intervention combined with non-nutritive sucking can effectively improve dysphagia in premature infants, promote the process of oral feeding, and reduce the occurrence of adverse effects.
JORNAL DE PEDIATRIA
(2022)
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Pediatrics
Alison Chapman, Katherine George, Anbesaw Selassie, Aaron P. Lesher, Rita M. Ryan
Summary: The study aimed to determine the population data for infants receiving a gastrostomy tube in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, finding that premature infants born before 30 weeks gestation are at a higher risk of needing a gastrostomy tube prior to discharge. The study results indicated that infants born before 30 weeks gestation are more likely to require a gastrostomy tube, with prematurity-related issues leading to oral feeding failure.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
(2021)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Emily Wener, Kimberly E. Dow, Sandra Fucile
Summary: This study aimed to assess the impact of direct breastfeeding establishment on length of hospital stay in preterm infants, finding that direct breastfeeding does not lengthen hospitalization. Apart from gestational age and days on ventilator support, other factors were not associated with duration of hospitalization.
BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Fatemeh Shaki, Parvin Aziznejadroshan, Zahra Akbarian Rad, Mohammad Chehrazi, Afsaneh Arzani
Summary: This study compared the effects of pacifier sucking and mother's finger sucking on oral feeding behavior in preterm infants. The findings suggested that non-nutritive sucking on mother's finger had a more significant impact on oral feeding behavior. It is recommended to implement these low-cost methods in neonatal intensive care units.
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Pediatrics
Liping Yin, Jingjing Ma, Heng Liu, Qianying Gu, Li Huang, Qi Mu, Ning An, LiJuan Qian, Lixing Qiao
Summary: Feeding extensively hydrolyzed protein formula to premature infants of GA <= 34 weeks reduces the incidence of feeding intolerance, but does not provide advantages in establishing full intestinal nutrition, shortening parenteral nutrition time, or hospitalization time. It has little effect on physical growth or development.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2022)
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Nursing
Sadiye Dur, Duygu Gozen
Summary: The study found that using a pacifier before feeding in preterm infants can effectively lower heart rates, increase oxygen saturation levels, improve feeding efficiency and food intake, as well as shorten the duration of feeding.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING-NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
(2021)
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Nursing
Allison P. Smith, Jane K. Sweeney, Erin Sundseth Ross, Susan Blackburn
Summary: Preterm infants often have immature oral feeding skills, which can lead to longer hospital stays and poor long-term feeding outcomes. Swaddling has been found to have positive effects on preterm infants in the NICU, including pain and stress reduction, state regulation, and physiological stability. However, the use of swaddling during bottle feeding and its effects on feeding performance in preterm infants have not been well studied.
ADVANCES IN NEONATAL CARE
(2023)
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sreekanth Viswanathan, Sudarshan Jadcherla
Summary: This study found that AOP is not independently associated with the duration to full PO in premature infants. Compared to AOP-, AOP+ infants had lower birth gestation and weight, lower initial PO hematocrit, higher oxygen need, reached full PO at a later gestation, and took longer days from initial PO to full PO.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2021)
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Immunology
Patricia Bimboese, Seilesh Kadambari, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, Suzanne M. Garland, Alison Tigg, Rosalind Lau, Colin J. Morley, Nigel Curtis
Summary: Approximately half of preterm or very-low-birth-weight infants exposed to CMV-positive breast milk become infected, with one-fifth developing clinical symptoms. Infected infants have longer hospital stays and more episodes of prolonged neutropenia.
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Jigna M. Dharod, Marlen Hernandez, Jeffrey D. Labban, Maureen M. Black, Alice Ammerman, Christina Frazier, Nichole Raynor, Isa Ramos-Castillo
Summary: Introducing complementary foods before 4 months of age is associated with decreased breastfeeding rates and increased likelihood of adding cereal into the bottle at 6 months. This practice is more common among low-income and minority families with lower levels of food security. Infants fed cereal in the bottle consume significantly more calories compared to those who do not. Understanding the impact of these feeding practices on appetite development and weight status during infancy is important.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Afif El-Khuffash, Adam J. Lewandowski, Amish Jain, Aaron Hamvas, Gautam K. Singh, Philip T. Levy
Summary: This study found that preterm infants with higher consumption of mother's own milk had enhanced cardiac performance at age 1 year, suggesting a favorable association between consumption of maternal breast milk and cardiac performance in preterm infants.
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Nursing
Wenjing Peng, Junyan Han, Shujuan Li, Lan Zhang, Chuanzhong Yang, Jinzhen Guo, Yun Cao
Summary: Exclusive human milk feeding is associated with a reduction in necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, severe retinopathy of prematurity, and mortality among very/extremely low-birth-weight infants.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN LACTATION
(2022)