Development of infant oral feeding skills: What do we know?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 616S-621S

  Lau, Chantal ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Oral feeding issues; Prematurity; Suck swallow respiration coordination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT ORAL FEEDING SKILL; MATURATION; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKILL; SUCKING; SWALLOWING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT NUTRITION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRENDS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEEDING METHODS; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEUROGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRECISION MEDICINE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SUCKING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84956882857     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.109603     Document Type: Article

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