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#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Could Banana Puree Help Preterm Infants Finally Feed?

#471 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Could Banana Puree Help Preterm Infants Finally Feed?3 days ago22 min

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when a feeder-grower has tried every bottle, nipple, and pacing strategy and still can’t finish a feed? On this Journal Club, Daphna brings a palate cleanser after yesterday’s deep dive on probiotics: a retrospective study from Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital testing banana puree as a natural thickener for NICU infants with dysphagia. Among 43 mature preterm infants who had failed standard interventions, oral intake rose from about half of feeds to ful...