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| Título: Breastfeeding characteristics of late-preterm infants in a kangaroo mother care unit. | |
| Enlace: https://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2017.0055 | |
| Autores: Pike, M.; Kritzinger, A.; Krüger, E.; | |
| Tipo de documento: Articulo de revista | |
| Idioma: Inglés | |
| Resumen:OBJECTIVE: To describe the breastfeeding characteristics of late-preterm infants (LPIs) in a kangaroo mother care (KMC) unit. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a 20-bed KMC unit, the breastfeeding of 73 purposively-selected LPIs' (mean gestational age: 34.8 weeks) was observed once-off, using the Preterm Infant Breastfeeding Behavior Scale. Participants' mean age was 9.5 days, mean number of days in the unit was 3.1 days, and mean number of days breastfeeding was 7.5 on observation. RESULTS: Only 13.7% of participants were directly breastfeeding without supplementary naso- or orogastric feeding/cup-feeding and 86.3% received supplementary cup-feeding of expressed breast milk. Most participants did not exhibit obvious rooting (83.5%) and although most latched-on (97.3%), those who did, latched shallowly (93%). The mean longest sucking burst was 18.8 (standard deviation: 10.5) and approximately half the participants swallowed repeatedly (53.4%). The mean breastfeeding session duration was 17.8 minutes, but most participants breastfed for less than 10 minutes (76.7%). No statistically significant differences in breastfeeding characteristics were detected between participants of different chronological ages. A general trend toward more mature behaviors in participants' breastfeeding for more days was present for many breastfeeding characteristics. More infants exhibited the most mature behavior for each breastfeeding characteristic when the environment was quiet, rather than noisy and disturbing, except for depth of latching (quiet: 0%, disturbance: 15.2%). CONCLUSION: LPIs in this sample presented with subtle breastfeeding difficulties, highlighting their need for breastfeeding support. Further research is required to examine the effect of KMC on breastfeeding in LPIs. | |
| Descriptores: breastfeeding characteristics; kangaroo mother care; late preterm infants; prematuros tardíos; | |
| Soporte: Digital | |
| Ilustraciones: Sí | |
| Tipo documento: Revista | |
| Nombre revista: Breastfeeding Medicine | |
| ISSN: 1556-8253 (impreso) // 1556-8342 (online) | |
| Periodicidad: | |
| Volumen: 12 | |
| Número: 10 | |
| Páginas: 637-644 | |
| Año: 2017 |
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