A relação entre saturação de oxigênio, idade gestacional e nível de habilidade de alimentação oral de recém-nascido pré-termo

A relação entre saturação de oxigênio, idade gestacional e nível de habilidade de alimentação oral de recém-nascido pré-termo

CoDAS, March 2017

28300951

Raquel Coube de Carvalho Yamamoto, Leila Sauer Prade, Geovana de Paula Bolzan, Angela Regina Maciel Weinmann, Márcia Keske-Soares

To correlate the peripheral oxygen saturation with gestational age and the level of oral feeding skills in the introduction of oral feeding in preterm infants. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study whose sample was composed of 169 clinically stable preterm infants. Peripheral oxygen saturation was assessed before and after introduction of oral feeding. The preterm infants were stratified into three groups based on their gestational age at birth: 26-29, 30-33, and 34-36 weeks. The preterm infants were classified into four levels according to their oral feeding skill and resistance. No differences in oxygen saturation were observed between the strata of gestational age and between the levels of oral feeding skill. Differences were observed in the groups of preterm infants aged 30-33 weeks (p=0.04) and 34-36 weeks (p=0.02) and on the level I of oral feeding skills (p=0.04) when oxygen saturation was compared at pre- and post-first oral feeding. Significant correlations (p<0.001) were found between gestational age and the levels of oral feeding skills (r=0.38); in Group A, between gestational age and oxygen saturation before the first oral feeding (r=0.83); in Group B, between the level of oral feeding skill and oxygen saturation before the first oral feeding (r=0.26) and between level of oral feeding skill and gestational age (r=0.26). Correlation was found for peripheral oxygen saturation when compared with gestational age and with the level of oral feeding skills.