PEDIATRICS Vol. 37 No. 6 June 1966, pp. 1012-1016
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Newborn Sucking Behavior Affected by Obstetric Sedation

Reuben E. Kron M.D.1, Marvin Stein M.D.2, and Katharine E. Goddard M.D.3

1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Room 202 Piersol Building, 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
2 Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital, 525 East 68th Street New York, New York 10021
3 Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2600 North Lawrence Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19133

Newborn infants whose mothers received a single dose of obstetric sedation during labor sucked at significantly lower rates and pressures, and consumed less nutrient than infants born to mothers who received no obstetric Fig. 5. Effect of obstetric sedation on nutrient consumption during sucking. sedation. Significant drug effects persisted throughout the 4-day period that the infants remained in the newborn nursery.




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