Rates and Determinants of Home Nasogastric Tube Feeding in Infants Born Very Preterm.

Objective: To examine rates and determinants of home nasogastric (NG)-tube feeding at hospital discharge in a cohort of very preterm infants within the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN).

Study Design: This was a population-based cohort study of infants born <33 weeks of gestation and admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the CNN between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2018. We excluded infants who had major congenital anomalies, required gastrostomy-tube, or were discharged to non-CNN facilities.

Managing gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in the very low-birth-weight infant postdischarge.

Gastroesophageal reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms are common challenges for very low-birth-weight infants (<1500 g). These symptoms frequently result in feeding difficulties and family stress. Management of symptoms across healthcare disciplines may not be based on current evidence, and inconsistency can result in confusion for families and delayed interventions.

Making the literature palatable at the bedside: Reference poster promotes oral feeding best practice.

Neonatal nurses often draw upon prior experiences and intuition to feed neonates. Such experience and skill vary from nurse to nurse and may not be based on recent research, nor tailored to each neonate's feeding skill. An evidence-based neonatal oral feeding guideline was produced to improve oral feeding practices among nurses and parents.

An Interdisciplinary Feeding Team Approachfor Preterm, High-Risk Infants and Children.

Poor oral feeding abilities in high-risk infants and children require interdisciplinary assessment and treatment in relation to nutrition, growth, oral feeding skills, behavioural interactions, and family coping. This paper describes the Perinatal Feeding Team's experiences, the format of our assessments, and the frequency of interventions recommended for 33 patients referred over 18 months. The most frequent reasons for assessment were suspected oral sensorimotor dysfunction/disorganization, decreased growth velocity, and feeding skills delay (each 18.