No long-term effect of oral stimulation on the intra-oral vacuum in healthy premature infants.

Autor: Skaaning D; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark., Kronborg H; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark., Brødsgaard A; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark., Solmer R; Department of Product Development, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark., Pryds O; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark., Carlsen EM; Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) [Acta Paediatr] 2020 Oct; Vol. 109 (10), pp. 2025-2032. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 16.
DOI: 10.1111/apa.15289
Abstrakt: Aim: Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first 6 months of life, but the breastfeeding rate in premature infants is low. We examined the effect of oral stimulation on infant's strength of suction and the relation between this intra-oral vacuum and breastfeeding duration.
Method: Between 2016 and 2018, 211 infants in a Danish neonatal unit were randomised 1:1 and of these 108 to oral stimulation intervention and 103 to control. Suction was measured as peak vacuum at enrolment and a corrected age of 6 weeks. Breastfeeding duration was registered.
Results: Vacuum increased from enrolment to a corrected age of 6 weeks in all infants, and no effect of oral stimulation intervention was demonstrated P = .08. Infants born ≤32 gestational weeks had lower vacuum compared with infants born after, 350 vs 398 mbar P < .001. For infants born after 32 gestational weeks, the odds ratio for exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months was 1.99 per 100 mbar increase in vacuum P = .01.
Conclusion: In our study, infant's intra-oral vacuum increased with age and was not affected by the oral stimulation intervention. For infants born after 32 gestational weeks, the exclusive breastfeeding rate was positively associated with a strong vacuum.
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Databáze: MEDLINE