Clinical Effects of Pacifier Use in Preterm During Orogastric Tube Feeding: Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Effects of Pacifier Use in Preterm During Orogastric Tube Feeding: Randomized Controlled Trial

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Feeding with the orogastric tube
• Breastmilk along with formula (babies who receive more than 50% of their total feed in 24 hours from formula)
• Gestation week between 29+0 weeks and 34+0 weeks
• Weight of 1000 g or more

Exclusion Criteria:

• Receiving mechanical ventilator support
• Development of sepsis
• Presence of neurological disease
• Presence of chromosomal or congenital anomalies
• Presence of intraventricular bleeding
• Unstable physiological parameters
• No breast milk