[Application of non-nutritive sucking in preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation] (original) (raw)

Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics, 2012

Abstract

To study the role of non-nutritive sucking in preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation therapy. In a study of 68 preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation, a randomly selected observation group of 35 infants was provided with non-nutritive sucking and a control group of 33 infants was not. The time to reach full enteral feeding, birth weight recovery time, body weight growth rate, hospitalization time, feeding tolerance and mechanical ventilation-related complications were compared between the two groups. The time to reach full enteral feeding and hospitalization time were shorter (P<0.01), the incidence of feeding intolerance was lower (P<0.05), and the body weight growth rate was higher (P<0.05) in the observation group than in the control group. There were no significant differences in the birth weight recovery time and the incidence of mechanical ventilation-related complications between the two groups. The use of non-nutritive sucking can increase growth...

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