PURPOSE: Infants requiring noninvasive respiratory support (NRS) are often orally fed, although data supporting the safety and efficacy of this practice are limited. This study aimed to identify the rate of this practice, the amount of support received during oral feeding, and characteristics of infants orally fed during NRS use
describe feeding expert involvement
and assess change from before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHOD: Retrospective electronic health record data from one children's hospital were extracted and manually reviewed. RESULTS: Results for 201 infants who required NRS during hospitalization in 2019 ( CONCLUSION: These results suggest that feeding infants on NRS is common, that some infants are more likely to be orally fed than others, and that feeding experts are rarely consulted in this population despite limited safety and efficacy data related to this practice.