Predictors of nutritive sucking in preterm infants
β Scribed by Pickler, R H; Best, A M; Reyna, B A; Gutcher, G; Wetzel, P A
- Book ID
- 110052309
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1300-5251
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## Abstract ## Background Nonβnutritive sucking is used during gavage feeding and in the transition from gavage to breast/bottle feeding in preterm infants to promote the development of sucking behaviour and improve digestion of enteral feedings. ## Objectives To determine whether nonβnutritive
A laboratory and a field experiment used within-subject designs to test the hypothesis that nonnutritive sucking (NNS) reduces heart rate (HR) in preterm infants. Infants in Experiment A were provided a standard pacifier nipple for 30 min under strictly controlled conditions. In the field Experiment