"Pacifiers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Devices that babies can suck on when they are not feeding. The extra sucking can be comforting to the babies and pacify them. Pacifiers usually are used as a substitute for the thumb in babies who suck on their thumb or fingers almost constantly.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Pacifiers".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Pacifiers".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pacifiers" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Pacifiers" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Pacifiers" by people in Profiles.
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Stability of early treatment of anterior open bite: clinical performance of bonded lingual spurs. J Orthod. 2019 03; 46(1):68-73.
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Feeding outcomes and parent perceptions after the pacifier-activated music player with mother's voice trial. Acta Paediatr. 2015 Aug; 104(8):e372-4.
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Speaking out on safe sleep: evidence-based infant sleep recommendations. Breastfeed Med. 2014 Nov; 9(9):417-22.
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In reply. Pediatrics. 2014 Aug; 134(2):e617-8.
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Preference for infant-directed speech in preterm infants. Infant Behav Dev. 2014 Nov; 37(4):505-11.
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A pacifier-activated music player with mother's voice improves oral feeding in preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar; 133(3):462-8.
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Amplitude-integrated EEG and range-EEG modulation associated with pneumatic orocutaneous stimulation in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2014 Mar; 34(3):213-9.
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Feeding bottles usage and the prevalence of childhood allergy and asthma. Clin Dev Immunol. 2012; 2012:158248.
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The relationship of bottle feeding and other sucking behaviors with speech disorder in Patagonian preschoolers. BMC Pediatr. 2009 Oct 21; 9:66.
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Unexplained infant and child death: a review of sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexplained infant death, and child maltreatment fatalities including shaken baby syndrome. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2006 Apr; 18(2):196-200.