SPECIAL FEEDING

Infant feeding in special circumstances.

Status of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices With Special Emphasis on Breast Feeding in an Urban Area of Meerut

Infant feeding practices comprising of both the breastfeeding as well as complementary feeding have major role in determining the nutritional status of the child. Worldwide, it is estimated that only 34.8% of infants are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life, the majority receiving some other food or fluid in the early months.The first two year of life provide a critical window o...

Nectar feeding activity of Aedes mosquitoes, with special reference to Aedes communis females.

A total of 5,721 mosquitoes (6% males) of 16 species were collected with an aerial net, when attracted to the investigator, during May-August 1984 at 2 sites in central Sweden. The majority of the mosquitoes collected (63%) were Aedes communis. Aedes communis females at both localities showed peak flight activity at evening twilight. At one site, a diel pattern of nectar feeding was correlated ...

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION Tube Feeding in Patients With Advanced Dementia A Review of the Evidence

PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED DEmentia commonly develop difficulty eating, often when they become bedridden and dependent in all activities of daily living. They may resist or be indifferent to food, fail to manage the food bolus properly once it is in the mouth (oral phase dysphagia), or aspirate when swallowing (pharyngeal phase dysphagia). Enteral tube feeding is intended to prevent aspiration pneu...

[Technic of long-term parenteral feeding with special reference to intensive care].

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