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Establishment of functional oral feeding is an important aspect of care of infants born pre-term. The developmental patterns of intra and extra-oral responses provide some useful guidelines. Development of responses was not significantly altered by age at birth, birthweight, mechanical ventilation or sex. The presence of cerebro-ventricular haemorrhage and ventricular dilatation as determined by cranial ultrasound significantly affected the function of rooting, non-nutritive suck and suck-swallow response (p < 0.05)

Langue : ANGLAIS

Identifiant basis : 1988000062