Background Feeding preterm infants in response to their hunger and satiation cues
(responsive, cue‐based, or infant‐led feeding) rather than at scheduled intervals might …

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role in shipacquired infection. For example, ships can transport infected humans and other …

Preterm infants often display difficulty establishing oral feeding in the weeks following birth.
This article aims to provide an overview of the literature investigating the development of …

In utero, the fetus depends on the mother's physiologic systems to regulate its own systems.
At birth, the neonate's basic physiologic needs (ie, feeding, elimination, cleaning, heat …

This paper presents a theoretical model of bottle feeding readiness in preterm infants, which
hypothesizes relationships between bottle feeding readiness, experience, and outcomes …

Objective: The purposes of this analysis were to determine how select characteristics of
nutritive sucking (number of sucks, sucks/burst, and sucks/minute) change over time and to …

Background Preterm infants are scheduled to receive total feeding amount in either 3‐hour
or 2‐hour intervals. A gavage feeding may be required if the scheduled amount is not …

Breast and bottle-feeding are areas of concern in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
The clinical issues encompass the typically developing preterm infant, who requires special …

This paper presents the theme of objectification of breastmilk, which results from long-term
breast expression by parents of hospitalised very low birth eight (VLBW) preterm infants. An …

Background Recognizing oral readiness signs in infants is vital when planning the
introduction of oral feeding. However, with premature infants, this can be difficult to gauge …