Risk of dysphagia in a population of infants born pre-term: characteristic risk factors in a tertiary NICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the prevalence and characteristics of dysphagia and suck-swallow-breath incoordination as phenotypes of oral feeding difficulties.

Method

A cross-sectional study with secondary data collected consecutively over 2 years from October 2020 to October 2022 to measure the prevalence of swallowing and oral feeding difficulty in preterm infants using Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing examination at the tertiary Integrated Dysphagia Clinic.

Results

The prevalence of swallowing disorders was 25 % and the prevalence of suck-swallow-breath incoordination was 62.5 %. The significant risk factor that may show a possible correlation with oral feeding difficulty was mature post-menstrual age (p = 0.006) and longer length of stay (p = 0.004). The domin

SUBMITTER: Dewi DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943319 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature