The Effects of Pre-feeding Oral Stimulations and Non-nutritive Sucking on Physical Growth and Independent Oral Feeding of Preterm Infants

• Main Authors: Nasrin Khalessi (Author), Sepideh Nazi (Author), Mamak Shariat (Author), Maryam Saboteh (Author), Zahra Farahani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Breastfeeding failures and oral feeding problems in preterm infants result in long-term health complications. In this study, therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of oral stimulation along with non-nutritive sucking (NNS) on independent oral feeding initiation and weight gain in pre...