TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of morning and afternoon feedings in very low birth weight infants
AU - Shiao, Shyang Yun Pamela K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was an extension of a study supported in part by Individual National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship #F31 NR067%, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Research Award, and Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Mu Chapter Research Award. The author thanks Ms. Juliann M. DiFiore for her assistance in data collection, Mary Jeweek-Taylor and Diego Perez for their assistance in data coding, Elizabeth Tornquist for her assistance in the preparation of this manuscript, and the nurses and families who participated in the study. Address correspondence to Shyang-Yun Pamela K. Shiao, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The purpose of this study was to compare sucking and breathing rhythmicity in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW, < 1,500 g) infants during morning feedings and afternoon feedings. Nine infants were fed at 9 a.m., and nine at 3 p.m. Eight morning-fed infants and 8 afternoon-fed infants had a continuous sucking (CS) period at the beginning of the feeding; 9 morning-and 8 afternoon-fed infants had an intermittent sucking (IS) period during which sucking bursts alternated with sucking pauses. Morning-fed infants had a lower respiratory rate during CS (p < 1) and IS (p < 05), a greater decrease in minute ventilation from the prefeed period to the CS period (p < 05), and lower sucking pressure during IS (p < 05) than afternoon-fed infants. Breathing and sucking rhythmicity scores were calculated as an indicator of the coordination of sucking and breathing. Morning-fed infants had lower scores than afternoon-fed infants (p < 05). These findings suggest that morning feedings are more difficult than afternoon feedings for VLBW infants and point to the need for further studies to compare morning and afternoon feedings.
AB - The purpose of this study was to compare sucking and breathing rhythmicity in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW, < 1,500 g) infants during morning feedings and afternoon feedings. Nine infants were fed at 9 a.m., and nine at 3 p.m. Eight morning-fed infants and 8 afternoon-fed infants had a continuous sucking (CS) period at the beginning of the feeding; 9 morning-and 8 afternoon-fed infants had an intermittent sucking (IS) period during which sucking bursts alternated with sucking pauses. Morning-fed infants had a lower respiratory rate during CS (p < 1) and IS (p < 05), a greater decrease in minute ventilation from the prefeed period to the CS period (p < 05), and lower sucking pressure during IS (p < 05) than afternoon-fed infants. Breathing and sucking rhythmicity scores were calculated as an indicator of the coordination of sucking and breathing. Morning-fed infants had lower scores than afternoon-fed infants (p < 05). These findings suggest that morning feedings are more difficult than afternoon feedings for VLBW infants and point to the need for further studies to compare morning and afternoon feedings.
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U2 - 10.3109/01460869509080956
DO - 10.3109/01460869509080956
M3 - Article
C2 - 8707639
AN - SCOPUS:0029171651
SN - 0146-0862
VL - 18
SP - 43
EP - 53
JO - Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing
JF - Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing
IS - 1
ER -