Improving Time to Independent Oral Feeding to Expedite Hospital Discharge in Preterm Infants.
Gentle S, Meads C, Ganus S, Barnette E, Munkus K, Carlo W, Salas A. Improving Time to Independent Oral Feeding to Expedite Hospital Discharge in Preterm Infants. Pediatrics 2022, 149 PMID: 35229126, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-052023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndependent oral feedingOral feeding initiationWeeks PMAPreterm infantsOral feedingFeeding initiationWeeks gestationAchievement of independent oral feedingMedian gestational ageCue-based feedingPlan-Do-Study-Act cyclesExpediting hospital dischargeGestational agePlan-Do-Study-ActBirth weightPretermInfantsHospital dischargeOutcome measuresFeeding assessmentWeeksPMAGestationMultidisciplinary teamAge