Sentences with phrase «facilitate early discharge»

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Newborns should be nursed whenever they show signs of hunger, such as increased alertness or activity, mouthing, or rooting.85 Crying is a late indicator of hunger.86 Newborns should be nursed approximately 8 to 12 times every 24 hours until satiety, usually 10 to 15 minutes on each breast.87, 88 In the early weeks after birth, nondemanding babies should be aroused to feed if 4 hours have elapsed since the last nursing.89, 90 Appropriate initiation of breastfeeding is facilitated by continuous rooming - in.91 Formal evaluation of breastfeeding performance should be undertaken by trained observers and fully documented in the record during the first 24 to 48 hours after delivery and again at the early follow - up visit, which should occur 48 to 72 hours after discharge.

The intervention was not aimed at facilitating breastfeeding, rather the trial compared women who were randomized to early hospital discharge with telephone follow - up (with home visits by nurses only for those women who left hospital within 36 h of the birth «to encourage them to leave the hospital early») versus usual care with later discharge from hospital.