Feeding the preterm infant at home.1. Preterm infants with sucking problems. 2. Spoon feeding. 3. Chewing. 4. Recommendations for collaboration after discharge.

Tijdens het slotsymposium van het project Tailored care for preterm infants (SIA RAAK) is de website Kindexpert.nl gelanceerd. Het symposium is goed bezocht door psychologen, logopedisten en verpleegkundigen.Deze presentatie gaat in op vragen die ouders hebben over de ontwikkeling van hun prematuur geboren …

Are sucking skills in a specific period (in weeks post menstrual age, PMA) associated with an abnormal development at age 2? Do preterm infants with abnormal sucking patterns in the early post term period differ in motor skills at age 5 from preterm infants with normal sucking patterns in the same early …

Social interaction in preterm infants: developing a model for future research. How do parents or caregivers perceive the social interaction of their 5-8 year old preterm infant?

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between sucking patterns and the quality of fidgety movements in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: We studied the sucking patterns and fidgety movements of 44 preterm infants (gestational age <35 weeks) longitudinally from 34 weeks' postmenstrual age up to 14 weeks …

Association between items of the Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale and developmental outcome at 2 year in preterm infants Research Questions 1. Are specific items of the NOMAS associated with neurodevelopment at age 2? 2. Is a specific period (in weeks PMA) associated with neurodevelpment at age …

To explore parents' and nurses' experiences with the transition of infants from the neonatal intensive care unit to a special care nursery. Qualitative explorative study in two phases. Level IIID neonatal intensive care unit in a university hospital and special care nurseries (level II) in five community …

Als studenten van de opleiding logopedie aan de Hogeschool Utrecht hebben wij onderzoek gedaan naar observatie-instrumenten voor het beoordelen van de orale voedingsvaardigheden bij prema-tuur geboren zuigelingen. Het Early Feeding Skills (EFS) Assessment, ontwikkeld door S. Thoyre (2003) staat binnen …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the development of sucking patterns in small-for-gestational age (SGA) preterm infants differs from appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: We assessed sucking patterns in 15 SGA and 34 AGA preterms (gestational age

BACKGROUND: Pre-term infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are at risk of acquiring brain abnormalities. Combined with ongoing breathing difficulties, this may influence the development of their sucking patterns. OBJECTIVE: To determine the longitudinal development of sucking patterns from birth …