Non-nutritive sucking in pre-term infants: a bibliographic study

Authors

  • Laise Conceição Caetano Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública
  • Cristina Ide Fujinaga Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Escola de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública
  • Carmen Gracinda Silvan Scochi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000200014

Keywords:

sucking behavior, infant low birth weight, premature

Abstract

This is a bibliographic study on non-nutritive sucking in pre-term infants. Objectives: to characterize and analyze the scientific production on non-nutritive sucking in pre-term infants and identify how the transition from gastric to oral feeding takes place as well as how it begins and develops by considering the stimulation of non-nutritive sucking. Methodology: review of secondary sources (MEDLINE and LILACS). Results: pre-term infants presented a stable clinical condition, without cardio-respiratory, neurological or gastro-intestinal alterations. Gestational age varied from 30 to 35 weeks and the weight from 1,400 to 1,800 g. The stimulus for non-nutritive sucking used was a pacifier or bottle nipple. The time and frequency of stimulus application varied. As a result of the stimulation programs, there were early hospital discharges and greater weight gain. Literature on this subject, particularly that of national authorship, is scarce and the articles do not address a detailed description of the transition from gastric to oral feeding, thus leaving a gap that deserves to be further studied.

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Published

2003-03-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2003)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Caetano, L. C., Fujinaga, C. I., & Scochi, C. G. S. (2003). Non-nutritive sucking in pre-term infants: a bibliographic study. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 11(2), 232-236. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000200014