Effect of Fluid Bolus on Clinical Outcomes in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

Objective: Administration of fluid bolus in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is a common practice in the NICU, but one without clear evidence demonstrating benefits in clinical outcomes. On the contrary, recent observational studies have suggested a potential detrimental effect of empiric fluid bolus in preterm infants, especially in the absence of clear indications. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of fluid bolus on various clinical outcomes in VLBW infants.

Variation in the timing and frequency of sucking and swallowing over an entire feeding session in the infant pig Sus scrofa.

Feeding is a rhythmic behavior that consists of several component cycle types. How the timing of these cycles changes over a complete feeding sequence is not well known. To test the hypothesis that cycle frequency/duration changes as a function of time spent feeding, we examined complete feeding sequences in six infant pigs, using EMG of mylohyoid and thyrohyoid as cycle markers.