Pacifier use in newborns: related to socioeconomic status but not to early feeding performance.

Roberta G PinedaAnhthi LuongJustin RyckmanJoan Smith

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2018)

While lower socioeconomic status was related to pacifier use, feeding performance in the first few days of life was no different between those infants who did and did not use pacifiers after a full-term birth.

Keyphrases

gestational age
pregnant women
preterm infants
pregnancy outcomes