Understanding cleft lip and palate. 3: feeding the baby.
The third paper in this series on cleft lip and palate gives an overview of feeding a baby with a cleft lip and/or palate. It includes a description of the feeding assessment that all babies receive from the Cleft Specialist Nurse, the different methods of feeding that are likely to succeed with each cleft type, and other associated care and interventions.
Cole
Annie
A
West Midlands Regional Cleft Centre, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham.
Tomlinson
Jayne
J
Slator
Rona
R
Reading
John
J
D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D014886:Weaning