title: The influence of pacifier sucking on mesenteric blood flow in infants.
abstract: Thirty-six neonates were randomly assigned to 2 groups of 18 neonates each. In the pacifier group, infants were given a pacifier before milk feeding. Newborns in the control group were fed without preprandial use of a pacifier. Doppler measurement of peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, and Pourcelot resistance index in the superior mesenteric artery was performed in both groups. Peak systolic and end-diastolic velocities were significantly increased after pacifier sucking in the preprandial stage. The resistance index decreased significantly after milk feeding but not after pacifier sucking. The feeding volume was not affected by preprandial pacifier sucking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ching-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ming-Chih
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chia-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Ming-Yung
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yu-Lueng
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Shin-Nan
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D041361:Pacifiers; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D013391:Sucking Behavior / Q000502:physiology*