Factors associated with feeding difficulties in the very preterm infant

Difficulties of infant feeding.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS I952 are made to force feeds after his requirements, as judged by disinclination to take more or passing off to sleep, have been met. Detailed charts showing amounts in a feed have been kept for some of these babies over a period of time. The results have been most instructive and fully confirm Wallgren’s observations on breast-fed babies. Though I am not in complete agre...

Infant Feeding and Feeding Difficulties (Churchill)

Infant colic and feeding difficulties.

AIMS To examine the relation between colic and feeding difficulties and their impact on parental functioning for a primarily clinic referred sample. METHODS Forty three infants (and their mothers) were enrolled between 6 and 8 weeks of age. Infants were divided into two groups, colic (n = 19) and comparison (n = 24), based on a modified Wessel rule of three criteria for colic. Families were a...

Extubation failure in the very preterm infant.

Muitos prematuros extremos necessitam de ventilação assistida. Ao serem extubados, após a resolução da disfunção pulmonar inicial, esses bebês correm risco de haver insucesso na extubação devido a esforço respiratório diminuído, atelectasia, anormalidades da função pulmonar residual ou doença intercorrente. Manter esses bebês extubados diminui a ocorrência de lesão pulmonar e melhora os desfech...

Feeding problems in the late preterm infant.

Much of the neonatal nutrition literature has focused on the management of very low birth weight infants, a group of infants usually less than 33 weeks gestation. Much less attention has been paid to nutritional management issues in preterm infants at higher gestations. This article reviews nutritional issues that exist from the 239th day (34 0/7 weeks gestation) and ending on the 259th day (36...