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Wireless Monitoring System for Oral-Feeding Evaluation of Preterm Infants.
- Source :
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IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems [IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst] 2015 Oct; Vol. 9 (5), pp. 678-85. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 09. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The oral feeding disorder is one of the important indicators for the high risk group of neurodevelopment delay. The procedure of oral feeding requires the coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing activities, and it is the most complex sensorimotor process for newborn infants. Premature infants often uneasily complete the procedure of oral feeding. However, the evaluation of the oral feeding disorders and severity are usually dependent on the subjective clinical experience of the physician. Monitoring the sucking-swallowing-breathing activities directly is difficult for preterm infants. In this study, a wireless monitoring system for oral-feeding evaluation of full term and preterm infants was proposed to objectively and quantitatively evaluate the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function during oral feeding. Moreover, the ratios of the swallowing and breathing event numbers to the sucking event number were defined to evaluate the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function during oral feeding. Finally, the system performance was validated and the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function for full term and preterm infants during oral feeding was also investigated.
- Subjects :
- Deglutition physiology
Equipment Design
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Monitoring, Physiologic instrumentation
Respiration
Sucking Behavior physiology
Biomedical Engineering instrumentation
Feeding Methods instrumentation
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted instrumentation
Wireless Technology instrumentation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1940-9990
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26173220
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2438031