The oral motor development of low-birth-weight infants who underwent orotracheal intubation during the neonatal period

Article Abstract:

The potential development of oral motor problems following prolonged orotracheal intubation in low-birth-weight (LBW) infants was investigated. LBW infants with a history of prolonged oral intubation (more than 1 week) have less effective sucking abilities at term and age 3 months compared with LBW infants with a history of short-term intubation and full-term controls. LBW infants with both prolonged and short-term oral intubation improve their sucking ability between term and 3 months. Duration of oral intubation was found to be the most powerful predictor of the 3-month NOMAS score reflecting sucking ability. The length of orotracheal intubation (OTI) was the strongest predictor of the feeding score at 3 months, with gestational age at birth being a contributing factor.

Infants (Premature), Premature infants, Growth, Motor ability, Motor skills, Trachea, Trachea intubation

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Comparison of skin-to-skin contact with standard contact in low-birth-weight infants who are breast-fed

Article Abstract:

Low-birth-weight (LBW) infants may benefit from skin-to-skin contact with their mothers. Researchers compared the effect on 58 LBW infants of skin-to-skin contact with their mothers to that of clothed contact. Infants exposed to skin-to-skin contact had higher oxygen levels than did infants in the clothed contact group. Higher oxygen levels correlate to better physiological functioning. Mothers in the skin-to-skin contact group were more likely to continue breastfeeding their infants while in the hospital nursery and for at least one month after hospital discharge. Mothers in the skin-to-skin contact group had more consistent milk production.

Psychological aspects, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Mother and child, Mother-child relations

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Does labor influence neonatal and neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely-low-birth-weight infants who are born by cesarean delivery?

Article Abstract:

Research has been conducted on the role of labor in extremely-low-birth-weight infants born by cesarean delivery. The authors suggest that labor does not play important role in adverse neonatal outcomes and neurodevelopmental impairment.

United States, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Science & research, Research and Testing Services, Gynecological R&D, Research, Analysis, Causes of, Pregnant women, Cesarean section, Obstetrics, Fetal development, Gynecological research

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