Barbara Medoff-Cooper

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..To investigate changes in nutritive sucking patterns, behavioral state, and neurobehavioral development of preterm infants from the 34 weeks postconceptional age (PCA) to term...

..The relationship between the pattern of sucking behavior of preterm infants during the early weeks of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes during the first year of life was evaluated...

..To provide a comprehensive analysis of the temporal structure of sucking in full-term neonates...

..This study built on prior research and examined the beliefs, behaviors, barriers and motivating factors for use of child car seats with children aged 3 to 7 years...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the pattern of weight change from surgical intervention to home discharge and to determine predictors of poor growth in this population of infants with congenital cardiac disease...

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..These cumulative grants have generated a significant volume of data; highlights and clinical implications of this work are presented in this article...

..Compelling evidence exists that this multi-factorial problem must be addressed with both physiological and behavioural strategies...

..The primary outcome was change in weight-for-age z score from surgery to discharge. Our secondary outcome variable was post-operative hospital length of stay...

..Even in a high-risk population of children, factors other than the medical history and presentation of the child may alter antibiotic prescription patterns and result in variations in care...

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..This study aimed to identify and compare differences in temperament and maternal stress between infants with complex congenital heart disease and healthy controls at 3 months of age...

..To describe the maturation of physiologic milestones in preterm infants born between 24 and 32 weeks' gestational age...

..These findings highlight the relationship between neurobehavioral maturation and feeding behaviors...

..The purpose of this article is to review the process of implementing a development model of care in a cardiac intensive care unit...

..To ascertain the primary caregiver's postdischarge perceptions of infant care issues after neonatal heart surgery...

..0001), mean maximum pressure (p < .0001), and intersuck width/interburst width (p = .02). The findings from this study demonstrate the importance of both maturation at birth and experience as factors influencing feeding behaviors...

..To compare the incidence of postdischarge feeding dysfunction and hospital/subspecialty visits for feeding problems during the first year of life in late (34 to 36 6/7 weeks) and early-preterm (25 to 33 6/7 weeks) infants...

..To determine whether longer stays of premature infants allowing for increased physical maturity result in subsequent postdischarge cost savings that help counterbalance increased inpatient costs...

..To report changes in ingestive behaviour from 35 to 40 weeks post-conceptual age and examine the association between birth weight and feeding maturation in preterm infants...

..Considerable change in temperament in the first 12 months of life may be influenced by biological and environmental factors common to the premature birth experience...

..Support and encouragement at the time of diagnosis and throughout each stage of the illness are essential. This article describes various strategies that nurses can use to assist these families through their difficult journey...

..Growth failure secondary to feeding problems after complex neonatal cardiac surgery is well documented, but not well understood. The purpose of this review is to describe feeding and growth pattern in children with congenital heart defects...

..This research will lead to the development of a clinically useful tool for the assessment of neurobehavioral status in the neonatal period...

..The present work may offer prospects for targeted behavioral interventions involving modification of flow rates and paced feeds. ..