title: Feeding and drinking skills in preterm and low birth weight infants compared to full term infants at a corrected age of nine months.
abstract: Feeding and drinking skills were registered in 47 preterm (<32 weeks) and/or low birth weight (<1500 g) infants and compared to 52 healthy full term infants at a (corrected) age of nine months. In the preterm and/or SGA infants a delay was found for sufficient postural balance, drinking independently from a bottle, eating skills and accepting teeth brushing at a corrected age of nine months compared to healthy controls. For tongue position and movement, and choking during drinking no difference was found between both groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Susanna L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: den Boer
authors.forename: Johannes A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schipper
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002657:Child Development; D004326:Drinking / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D004856:Postural Balance; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology