Outcomes From an Oral Feeding Protocol Implemented in the NICU

ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-10

  Drenckpohl, Douglas ^a   Dudas, Rebecca ^a   Justice, Suzanne ^b   McConnell, Connie ^a   Macwan, Kamlesh S ^c  

^a OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pediatric Rehabilitation Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

early life span nutrition; feeding and swallowing problems; growth and development; prematurity; transitional nutrition care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997907983     PISSN: 19414064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406408328535     Document Type: Article

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