Exploring the use of mothers' own milk as oral care for mechanically ventilated very low-birth-weight preterm infants

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-197

  Thibeau, Shelley ^a   Boudreaux, Cynthia ^b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colostrums; Mothers' own milk; Oral care; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREAST MILK; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; ORAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879229903     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318285f8e2     Document Type: Article

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