Sentences with phrase «between term infant»

While the difference in mortality between low birthweight infants fed breast milk versus formula is not as great as the difference seen between term infant feedings, those not receiving breast milk still have a 26 % to 37 % greater death rate.

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The transition of Israeli men to fatherhood: a comparison between new fathers of pre - term / full - term infants.

Attachment is a term that refers to a psychological and biological event - it is the affectional bond that develops between a primary caregiver, usually the mother, and her infant.

Milk prolactin, feed volume and duration between feeds in women breastfeeding their full - term infants over a 24 h period.

Late preterm infants — babies born between 34 and 37 weeks gestation — look like smaller versions of full term babies.

Doctors use the term «infant eczema» to describe two conditions that usually appear starting between 2 to 4 months of age:

There was no relationship between breastfeeding in term infants and cognitive performance.

Bilirubin levels in term infants usually reach their highest between days three and four.

One of the three major classes of immunoglobulin occurring in human colostrum and milk, secretory IgA, has been found in significantly higher concentrations in the milk of mothers of preterm infants compared with milk from mothers of term infants.3Skin - to - skin contact between mothers and preterm infants in this sample may have promoted maternal production of protective antibodies specific to the nosocomial flora of the NICU.9 The provision of human milk may enable preterm, VLBW infants to compensate for their inherently immature immune status.

Detection bias has also been cited as a significant methodologic problem in studies of the relation between breastfeeding and infection among full - term infants.21 Detection bias may occur when breastfed and bottle - fed infants do not have an equal chance of being identified with an illness.

«We found small but meaningful differences in developmental outcomes between late preterm infants and full term groups, which if applied to larger populations, may have potentially significant long term public health implications,» says lead author Prachi Shah, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

After evaluating admission patterns among newborn infants between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation at Women and Children's Hospital, Lakshminrusimha, Sengupta and colleagues found that these early - term infants were more likely to suffer some morbidity within a few hours of birth.

There have been many studies examining the association between pacifier use and breastfeeding duration among both term and preterm infants.

Researchers from C.S. Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan tracked children from infancy through kindergarten and compared developmental outcomes between late preterm infants (born between 34 and 36 weeks); those born early term (37 to 38 weeks) and term (39 to 41 weeks).

Although researchers have investigated the role of infant feeding type on the development of infection in full - term infants, 10 — 15the relation between type of infant feeding and infection among preterm infants has received less attention in the literature.

Nevertheless, failure to contradict the common belief that breastfeeding may not be possible for all women and that for mothers who are unable to breastfeed or who decide not to, infant formula is a healthy alternative trivializes the importance of breastfeeding to maximize short and long - term health outcomes, blurs the distinction between maternal choice and capacity, and leads to an astonishingly high level of misplaced complacency about poor quality assistance offered by health authorities to enable mothers to breastfeed successfully.

Infant massage provides most of the benefits such as, physical benefits, emotional and psychological benefits, and long - term benefits and improves bonding between you and your baby.

But although researchers have suspected that microRNAs in breast milk have a role in infant health and development, no study has specifically looked at whether microRNAs differed between premature and term breast milk.

Hill, P.D., Aldag, J.C., Chatterton, R.T., Zinaman, M. Comparison of Milk Output Between Mothers of Preterm and Term Infants: The First 6 Weeks After Birth.

Recently, as I searched for some long term evidence of the benefits of parent - infant co-sleeping, I came across a study of college age subjects which found that males who had co-slept with their parents between birth and five years not only had significantly higher self esteem, they experienced less guilt and anxiety and reported greater frequency of sex.

We evaluated the associations between the composition of the 6 - week intestinal microbiome and both delivery mode and feeding method in 102 full - term, appropriately grown infants enrolled in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study.

We were concerned that some of the participants in the combination - fed group may have been offered the breast in the first few days following delivery but were otherwise effectively exclusively formula fed, which may have driven the difference we observed between exclusively breastfed and combination - fed infants in terms of between - group differences.

An emerging body of literature in adults has begun to establish clear associations between gut microbiome composition and a wide range of health outcomes.1 - 6 In contrast, comparatively little is known about the gut microbiome in infants and children, the exposures that shape it, and its lifelong health effects.7 Although limited in their size and scope, a number of studies have established associations between intestinal microbiome profiles in infants, delivery mode, and / or breast milk exposure.8 - 15 These factors both have long - term health consequences.

In Massachusetts, the breastfeeding initiation rate among term infants in 2002 was 76 %, while the initiation rate among premature infants was 68 %.1 Moreover, infants with the lowest gestational ages had the lowest breastfeeding rates (56 % initiation among infants born between 24 and 27 weeks compared with 69 % among infants born at 36 weeks» gestational age).1 Nationally, breastfeeding rates are lowest, 2,3 and rates of prematurity highest, 4 among African American infants, suggesting that breastfeeding rates nationally in premature infants will be lower than average.1

All mother and father pairs of healthy, term, normal birth weight infants who were born between October 1, 2002, and January 31, 2003, were enrolled; unmarried women, mothers who had decided to bottle feed, and parents whose infants were admitted to the ICU were excluded from the study.

This is consistent with other studies demonstrating a link between breastfeeding and maternal sensitivity.25, 26,27 For example, in a longitudinal study of more than 1300 families in the USA, mothers who breast fed were observed to be more sensitive to their babies at 6, 15, 24 and 36 months.27 Importantly, this difference persisted after statistical control for the effects of maternal mental health, the quality of the home environment in terms of infant health and stimulation and socioeconomic status.

Some dental malocclusions have been found more commonly among pacifier users than nonusers, but the differences generally disappeared after pacifier cessation.284 In its policy statement on oral habits, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry states that nonnutritive sucking behaviors (ie, fingers or pacifiers) are considered normal for infants and young children and that, in general, sucking habits in children to the age of 3 years are unlikely to cause any long - term problems.285 There is an approximate 1.2 - to 2-fold increased risk of otitis media associated with pacifier use, particularly between 2 and 3 years of age.286, 287 The incidence of otitis media is generally lower in the first year of life, especially the first 6 months, when the risk of SIDS is the highest.288, — , 293 However, pacifier use, once established, may persist beyond 6 months, thus increasing the risk of otitis media.

Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month of age and on overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.

Infants born prematurely have an increased risk of SIDS, 101,102 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabInfants born prematurely have an increased risk of SIDS, 101,102 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabinfants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.69 Therefore, preterm infants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabinfants should be placed supine for sleep as soon as their clinical status has stabilized.

Additional support for the possible self - regulatory benefits associated with breastfeeding is also provided by a short - term follow - up study of 158 infants.31 This study found that between the ages of 13 and 52 weeks, breastfed babies consistently cried for shorter periods of time than formula - fed babies.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

Preterm infants are at increased risk of SIDS, 12,13 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.14 Preterm infants and other infants in the NICU should be placed in the supine position for sleep as soon as the infant is medically stable and significantly before the infant's anticipated discharge, by 32 weeks» postmenstrual age.15 NICU personnel should endorse safe - sleeping guidelines with parents of infants from the time of admission to the NICU.

Evidence supports a link between breastfeeding and positive mother - infant and neurobehavioural outcomes in the short term.

The chances of a term infant being harmed by a single correctly prepared bottle of formula are somewhere between incredibly minuscule and zero.

To address this, the Northwestern researchers compared preterm and full - term infants to identify the developmental timing of their link between language and object categorization, a link previously only documented in full - term infants.

In addition, between three and four months, full - term infants exhibit an intriguing developmental shift: At three months, they look longer at the familiar object (familiarity preference), but from four months on, they look longer at the novel object (novelty preference).

Between 26 weeks and about 40 weeks — the latter the equivalent of full - term birth — the nonprimary auditory cortex in the preterm infants matured quickly, partially catching up to the primary auditory cortex.

«This is an appeal to caring teams for supporting vocal contact between parents and preterm infants, as well as an invitation to investigate its long - term effects on preterm infants» development.»

However, it is now clear that infants born during the «late» preterm period (between 34 and 36 weeks) have increased neonatal and childhood respiratory complications compared with newborns born at term (37 weeks or later).

In the new study, at ages of one week and one month, the preterm babies had between five and 500 times higher levels of several of the chemicals (known as DEHP, BBzP and DiNP) than full - term infants.

The authors reported that researchers and quality improvement executives tracking outcomes for very low birthweight infants (those born weighing less than 1,500 grams) have increasingly used the general term «human milk feeding» to refer to both MOM and DHM, seemingly ignoring the fundamental, scientific differences between the two.

The study group had normal structural MRI findings, but MRS results showed significant differences in the biochemical maturation of white matter between the term and preterm infants, suggesting a disruption in the timing and synchronization of white and gray matter maturation.

The group included singleton term breech babies delivered between 37 and 42 weeks, but excluded infants who had any birth defects (congenital malformations) or stillbirths (antenatal death).

The researchers analyzed the records of 4,274 infants born between the 22nd and 24th week of pregnancy, far earlier than the 37 to 40 weeks of a full - term pregnancy.

More than 3000 hours of audio recording from 81 infants were collected between February 2010 and May 2012 as part of a language study designed to compare differences in language outcomes between late preterm and term infants.

Out of every 1,000 full - term newborns, between one and three infants experience encephalopathy (disease in the brain), marked by impaired level of consciousness, seizures, difficulty breathing and depressed reflexes.

Barker found that infants carried to full term with birth weights between 8.5 and 9.5 pounds had a 45 percent lower risk of developing heart disease later in life than infants born at 5.5 pounds.

Maternal and paternal infant representations: A comparison between parents of term and preterm infants.

We considered these differences likely to be clinically relevant because they are similar to that between preterm - at - term and healthy term infants (15), and the former is a group also at risk for later adverse metabolic health.

The term attachment is used to describe the affective bond that develops between an infant and caregiver.1, 2 Attachment is not a characteristic of the infant, nor is it a characteristic of the caregiver.