TY - JOUR T1 - Review: non-nutritive sucking decreases length of hospital stay in premature infants JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 74 LP - 74 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.3.74 VL - 2 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/07/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/3/74.abstract N2 - Pinelli J, Symington A. Non-nutritive sucking in premature infants. (Cochrane Review, latest version 12 Nov 1998.) In: Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. Question Does non-nutritive sucking improve clinical outcomes in premature infants? Studies were identified by searching Medline and CINAHL (back to 1976) and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register using the terms infant, premature; intensive care units, neonatal; enteral nutrition; sucking behavior; infant nutrition; gastric emptying; growth; parenteral nutrition; bottle feeding; infant care; infant, low birth weight; somatostatin; crying; oxygen; child development; physical stimulation; taste; infant, newborn; and feeding behavior and the text words “non,” “nutritive,” and “suck.” Bibliographies of articles were reviewed and 2 experts were contacted to identify other published or unpublished studies.Studies were selected if they were experimental … ER -