Effects of non-nutritive sucking on nutritive sucking, breathing, and behavior during bottle feedings of preterm infants.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of prefeeding non-nutritive sucking (NNS) on breathing, nutritive sucking (NS), and behavioral characteristics of bottle feeding. SUBJECTS: The convenience sample was composed of 10 preterm infants who were 33 to 40 weeks postconceptual ag...
| Published in: | Advances in Neonatal Care (Elsevier Science) Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 226 - 235 |
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| Format: | clinical trial glossary pictorial research tables/charts tracings Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
2004 Aug
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