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Parent-Administered Oral Stimulation in Preterm Infants: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Pilot Study
American Journal of Perinatology (2021)
  • Brenda S. Lessen
  • Marta Majoli
  • Laura Costanza De Angelis
  • Monica Panella
  • Maria Grazia Calevo
  • Simona Serveli
  • Luca Antonio Ramenghi
Abstract
The study aimed to assess whether there was any difference in the transition time to full oral feedings between parent-administered and professional-administered premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI). The study also evaluated parental satisfaction with performing the intervention through an open-ended questionnaire.
Keywords
  • oral feeding,
  • oral motor intervention,
  • premature infant oral motor intervention,
  • preterm infant,
  • transition time
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Publication Date
Summer June, 2021
DOI
10.1055/s-0041-1731452
Citation Information
Brenda S. Lessen, Marta Majoli, Laura Costanza De Angelis, Monica Panella, et al.. "Parent-Administered Oral Stimulation in Preterm Infants: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Pilot Study" American Journal of Perinatology (2021) ISSN: 07351631
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brenda_lessen/13/