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Clinical evidence list Importance Of Independent Feeding Skills For Preterm Infants Parent Guide Determining An Infant’s Oral Feeding Readiness The Effects Of Delayed Oral Feeding Achievement In The NICU
Parent guide
The NTrainer™ System 2.0 helps newborns and infants born prematurely master a critical feeding skill. NICU infants, particularly those born prior to 34 weeks or with complications, encounter oral feeding delays due to their premature condition. Non-nutritive suck (NNS) — the basic act of sucking without receiving nutrients — is a key skill required for […]
Determining an infant’s oral feeding readiness
An infant’s ability to orally feed is dependent upon complex physiologic and neurodevelopmental processes. While an infant born at term will have these complex systems in place to eat at birth, infants born preterm or with medical morbidities often have not yet developed these processes and need to have their oral feedings delayed until ready. […]
Importance of independent feeding skills for preterm infants
Independent feeding is considered one of the most significant milestones hospitalized infants should master before being discharged.1 While some preterm infants will progress to full oral feedings prior to NICU discharge,2 many continue to have feeding challenges at term equivalent age3 and beyond.4 One reason for this is that preterm infants are more likely to experience oromotor difficulties […]
The effects of delayed oral feeding achievement in the NICU
Preterm infants often experience delayed oral feeding skills due to difficulty coordinating an appropriate suck-swallow-breathe pattern; it’s this pattern that leads to the achievement of full oral feedings.1 The extent of prematurity, severity of illness and the number of medical interventions are positively correlated with a delay in acquisition of eating skills2 and increased risk of needing […]
Clinical evidence list
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