Missed oral feeding opportunities and preterm infants' time to achieve full oral feedings and neonatal intensive care unit discharge

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Tubbs Cooley, Heather L ^a   Pickler, Rita H ^a   Meinzen Derr, Jareen K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gavage feedings; missed care; neonatal nursing care; NICU quality; prematurity; standardized feeding protocol

Indexed keywords

ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897117337     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1372426     Document Type: Article

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