AIM To determine whether NTrainer patterned orocutaneous therapy affects preterm infants' non-nutritive suck and/or oral feeding success. SUBJECTS Thirty-one preterm infants (mean gestational age 29.3 weeks) who demonstrated minimal non-nutritive suck output and delayed transition to oral feeds at 34 weeks post-menstrual age. INTERVENTION NTrainer treatment was provided to 21 infants. The N...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The absence or failure to identify and correctly manage pain impairs the recovery of newborn admitted Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), with long-term consequences. objective was describe knowledge nursing team on evaluation management term preterm newborns in NICU, as well daily challenges. METHODS: Descriptive, cross-sectional study a quantitative approa...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess unilateral posterior crossbite, sucking habits, orofacial functions, and otolaryngological findings in the deciduous dentition. These findings would allow us to establish a preventive program for posterior crossbite, based on interceptive treatment at an early stage of dental development. We would determine the predictive value for posterior cros...

Allosuckling is a situation when a female nurses a non-filial offspring. It was described in various ungulate species; however for camels this is the first description of this behaviour. The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence of allosuckling in captive camels (Camelus bactrianus) and to test whether it can be explained as a 'milk-theft' (opportunistic behaviour of calves) or alternat...

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is experienced by newborn infants who have been exposed to opioids in utero. It is the subject of intensive study and, in 2013 alone, just over 70 new papers on the topic appeared in PubMed. Clinical assessment is carried out using a special scoring system which has become internationally established, and the Finnegan score or other modified scores frequently ...

A randomized study was done to compare non pharmacological methods to reduce the pain of heel pricks in 104 stable term neonates. Non-nutritive sucking (NNS), rocking, massage, sucrose (20 percent), distilled water (DW) and expressed breast milk (EBM) were used as pain reducing agents. Duration of cry and Douleur Aiguë du Nouveau né (DAN) score were used to assess pain. Physiological parameters...

The relationship between reinforcement properties of different kinds of nutritive rewards has a long history in psychology. Recent investigations have begun to assess the effect or reinforcement value of non-nutritive rewards such as social and non-social stimuli presented by way of video presentations or slides. In short, whether social stimuli can substitute or be as effective in maintaining ...