Correlation of facial anthropometry data of late preterm newborns and oral feeding readiness.

Objective: To correlate nine facial anthropometric measurements with the readiness for oral feeding of late preterm newborns using an orogastric tube.

Methods: Observational study, carried out in two institutions in Maceió, Alagoas. Fifty-two newborns participated.

Biometric measurements of the nasal area of newborns for the development of a nasal protector model: cross-sectional study.

Objective: To correlate the biometric measurements of the nasal area of premature and term newborns to provide parameters for a nasal protector model.

Method: A crosssectional descriptive study, carried out in the neonatal joint accommodation, intermediate and intensive care units of a hospital in Maceio, Alagoas, with a total of 300 newborns, divided into two groups: 150 term and 150 premature. Neonatal history data and 1200 digital photographs were used for biometric measurements.