Feeding readiness in preterm infants: The relationship between preterm behavioral state and feeding readiness behaviors and efficiency during transition from gavage to oral feeding

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  White Traut, Rosemary C ^a   Berbaum, Michael L ^b   Lessen, Brenda ^a   McFarlin, Barbara ^a   Cardenas, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Health Research and Policy Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral indicators; Feeding readiness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ATTENTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13144295021     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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