Cleft Lip and Palate Nutritional Assessment and Feeding challenges | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 10, Volume 65, Issue 4 - October (Oral Surgery), October 2019, Pages 3357-3364 PDF (270.5 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2019.74769 | ||
| Author | ||
| Haitham Attia | ||
| Associate Professor Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Purpose: The present study aimed to highpoint the feeding challenges of infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) that caregivers and parents came across and analyse the different interventions they perform in the preoperative period. Design and methods: Parents of 100 infants with CLP were asked to complete the questionnaire. The feeding preparations and challenges with alternatives to overcome these difficulties were evaluated. Results: Forty- six percent of the parents that their infants were diagnosed prenatally received an education for feeding. Breastfeeding was not successful 77.9%. Infants affected with isolated cleft palate and cleft lip and palate reported difficulties and more complication than isolated cleft lip patients. Parents stated that 56% of the infants with cleft had stayed in the intensive care units following birth. On the other hand, 40% of the infants were fed by nasogastric or orogastric tube primely. Thirty-five percent of cleft palate patients used palatal obturators. Conclusions: The study highlights the feeding challenges that had been faced by parents, caregivers and health care providers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cleft lip; cleft palate; feeding; nutrition; Questionnaire; intensive care unit (ICU) | ||
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