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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Feeding difficulties"”.
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The lived experience of being the mother of a child with chronic feeding difficulties
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-234).
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Understanding ARFID: clinical characteristics of patients who meet avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder criteria in a multidisciplinary pediatric growth and nutrition clinic
INTRODUCTION: Feeding difficulties are commonly multifactorial in nature, and no uniformly agreed-upon classification system for feeding difficulties currently exists. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-V included a new diagnosis called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake …
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To investigate infant feeding in children born with a cleft in the west of Scotland
This study aimed to look at feeding practices amongst infants who are born with a cleft and the feeding difficulties and challenges that the parents of these children experience especially in the first hours and months after birth.
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Functional outcomes of a feeding intervention programme for infants and young children with cerebral palsy
… evolving or severe cerebral palsy, persistent feeding difficulties and other multiple disabilities. The research was in the domain of treatment outcome, against a background of lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness of intervention programmes for children with CP, and, in particular, very …
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The validation of a screening tool for the identification of feeding and swallowing difficulties in the paediatric population aged 0-2 years admitted to general medical wards
Background: Feeding and swallowing difficulties (FSD) have been found in typically developing children as well as in children with complex medical conditions and developmental disabilities. These difficulties cause negative health consequences such as aspiration pneumonia, chronic lung disease, …
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Dissecting the role of AUTS2 and GALNT17 in neurodevelopment using a mouse model for human AUTS2 syndrome
… disability (ID), developmental delay, feeding difficulties, epilepsy, microcephaly, and craniofacial abnormalities. Moreover, the severity of each of these phenotypes in individual ASD patients varies dramatically, because most ASD cases are multigenic, involving mutations in a wide …
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IBriS study: intervention supporting breastfeeding in substance dependency.
Introduction: Breastfeeding offers the substance exposed mother and child potential short and long-term health benefits, with breast milk shown to alleviate the severity of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Substance dependent women, however, have limited success establishing breastfeeding with …
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Role Of Actg2 Mutations In Visceral Myopathy
… Individuals affected by CIPO/MMIHS experience feeding difficulties, growth failure, life-threatening abdominal distension, and become dependent on intravenous nutrition for survival. Unfortunately, due to our limited understanding of the pathophysiology of visceral myopathy, current therapies …
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Detection, Identification and Classification of Suck, Swallow and Breathing Activity In Premature Infants During Bottle-Feeding
… the problems encountered by premature infants, feeding difficulties are very common. Many premature infants are fed intravenously at first, and they progress to milk feedings provided by a tube passed into the stomach. At around 34 weeks of gestation, premature infants should be able to …
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The validation of a screening tool for the identification of dysphagia in the paediatric population with HIV/AIDS
… population with HIV is at higher risk for feeding and swallowing difficulties (FSD) than the general paediatric population, which may contribute to increased morbidity and mortality. Consequences of dysphagia may include insufficient nutritional intake leading to growth faltering, decreased …
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Identification of Needs in High Risk Prematures Significant to Public Health Nursing Follow-Up
… <p>The problems most frequently expressed were feeding difficulties, constipation, frequent colds, and noisy respiration. Right mothers had not anticipated premature gestations although half of them had delivered other premature. When mothers were discharge from the hospital, they were not …
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Identification of Needs in High Risk Prematures Significant to Public Health Nursing Follow-Up
… <p>The problems most frequently expressed were feeding difficulties, constipation, frequent colds, and noisy respiration. Eight mothers has not anticipated premature gestations although half of them had delivered other prematures. When mothers were discharge from the hospital, they were most …
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An analysis of the phenotypic features of chromosomes 22q11.1 deletion syndrome at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… characteristic facial features, and learning difficulties. In total, there are more than 180 different phenotypic features associated with 22qDS. Due to the wide variability of phenotypic features that can arise in 22qDS it is often difficult to know when to test for the syndrome. …
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The unmet needs of infants, children and young people with dysphagia
… study, that are relevant to various aspects of feeding, eating and drinking difficulties (referred to as dysphagia) within a paediatric population from a speech and language therapy (SLT) perspective. Very few studies examine current SLT practice with this population. In the absence of research …