The purpose of the study was to assess how preterm babies' vital signs, feeding time, and gastric residual volume were affected by using a pacifier only or a pacifier with breast milk during orogastric tube feeding.
Age range
29 Weeks – 34 Weeks
Sex
ALL
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Heart rate change
Timeframe: 5 minutes before tube feeding, during tube feeding and 5 minutes after tube feeding
Respiratory rate change
Timeframe: 5 minutes before tube feeding, during tube feeding and 5 minutes after tube feeding
Saturation level change
Timeframe: 5 minutes before tube feeding, during tube feeding and 5 minutes after tube feeding
Feeding duration
Timeframe: measured with a stopwatch for 7 months.
Gastric residual volume
Timeframe: Gastric residue will be measured 2 hours after the end of infant feeding.