Frequency-modulated orocutaneous stimulation promotes non-nutritive suck development in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome or chronic lung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

For the premature infant, extrauterine life is a pathological condition, which greatly amplifies the challenges to the brain in establishing functional oromotor behaviors. The extent to which suck can be entrained using a synthetically patterned orocutaneous input to promote its development in preterm infants who manifest chronic lung disease (CLD) is unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of a frequency-modulated (FM) orocutaneous pulse train delivered through a pneumatically charged pacifier capable of enhancing non-nutritive suck (NNS) activity in tube-fed premature infants.

Study design

A randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of pneumatic orocutaneous stimulation 3 × per day on NNS development and length of stay (LOS) in the neonat

SUBMITTER: Barlow SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3946759 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature