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Review: non-nutritive sucking decreases length of hospital stay in premature infants

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.2.3.74

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    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?

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    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 Bibliographies of articles were reviewed and 2 experts were contacted to identify other published or unpublished studies.

    Study selection

    Studies were selected if they were experimental …

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    • Source of funding: no external funding.

    • For correspondence: Dr Janet Pinelli, School of Nursing, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. Fax +1 905 570 0667.