Oxygen Saturation and Suck-Swallow-Breathe Coordination of Term Infants during Breastfeeding and Feeding from a Teat Releasing Milk Only with Vacuum

Table 2

Oxygen saturation and heart rate for the monitored breastfeed and the feed from the experimental teat.

		Breast	Teat	𝑃 value
	Mean	98.6±1.1	98.6±1.2	0.13
Oxygen saturation (%)	Minimum	92.9±4.9	94.9±6.5	0.81
	Maximum	99.9±0.3	99.9±0.3	0.33
	Mean	160.7±10.7	162.5±12.3	0.56
Heart rate (bpm)	Minimum	139.0±9.0	142.8±13.1	0.41
	Maximum	178.2±13.0	182.0±18.2	0.43

Results are mean ± SD.