Oxygen Saturation and Suck-Swallow-Breathe Coordination of Term Infants during Breastfeeding and Feeding from a Teat Releasing Milk Only with Vacuum

• Main Authors: Vanessa S. Sakalidis (Author), Holly L. McClellan (Author), Anna R. Hepworth (Author), Jacqueline C. Kent (Author), Ching Tat Lai (Author), Peter E. Hartmann (Author), Donna T. Geddes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Vacuum is an important factor in milk removal from the breast, yet compression is the predominant component of milk removal from bottle teats. Since bottle-feeding infants have lower oxygen saturation, vacuum levels, and different suck-swallow-breathe (SSwB) coordination to breastfeeding...