Dietary transition difficulties in preterm infants: critical literature review.

Objective: To analyze the scientific literature on dietary changes in preterm children during the first years of life.

Data Source: The PubMed database was used for article selection. The texts were analyzed according to their objectives, research design, and research group characteristics.

Comparison between clinical and videofluoroscopic evaluation of swallowing in children with suspected dysphagia.

Purpose: To verify the accuracy of clinical evaluation compared with videofluoroscopic swallowing studies in the detection of isolated laryngeal penetration and laryngeal aspiration in children with suspected dysphagia; to identify clinical signs and symptoms associated with isolated laryngeal penetration and laryngeal aspiration; and to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the clinical signs and symptoms identified.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from clinical and videofluoroscopic evaluations carried out in 55 children from 1 month to 7 years and 11 months old. For clinical assessment, the Protocol for Clinical Assessment of Pediatric Dysphagia was used.

Laryngeal cleft type I in neonate: case report.

Laryngeal cleft (LC) is a congenital malformation that leads to the unusual communication between the esophagus and the laryngotracheal complex. It is a rare disease, mostly prevalent among male individuals. The goal of this study was to describe the evaluation and intervention by the speech language pathologist of a female newborn diagnosed with LC type I, admitted on the University Hospital of Universidade de São Paulo, in her second hospitalization due to small weight gain and pneumonia.

Expressive language and cognitive development: diversity and complexity of children's productions.

Background: Objective and systematized analysis of cognitive and expressive language development.

Aim: To characterize expressive language and cognitive development considering the diversity and complexity of children's productions.

Method: This study involved 20 subjects (10 male and 10 female), who were adequate for gestational age and birth weight and had no pre, peri or post natal intercurrences.

Language and cognition in very low birth weight preterm infants with PELCDO application.

The performance of very low birth weight preterm infants, in terms of cognition and expressive language, was analyzed and compared with that of term infants with the Protocol for Expressive Language and Cognition Development Observation (PELCDO). The study involved 12 very low birth weight preterm infants and 20 term infants, all of whom were evaluated monthly. Sessions were videotaped, and data were analyzed according to this specific protocol.

[Factors associated to oral feeding transition in preterm infants].

Background: Oral feeding is one of the most complicated tasks for a preterm infant to achieve.

Aim: To identify the factors associated with the start and extension (time) of oral feeding transition in preterm infants.

Method: 40 preterm infants born with gestational ages of 34 weeks and 6 days maximum.