What this paper adds
bradycardia, cot, apnoea
EVENTS, EVENT, APNOEA OF PREMATURITY

This study evaluates the impact of feeding interventions (positional and feed‐rate) on cardiorespiratory events in spontaneously breathing preterm infants born <32 weeks gestation.Propped/prone positioning reduces events and improves oximetry profile compared with both neutral position and continuous pump feeds.Position interventions should be considered in developing neonatal care plans for the late preterm infant.Cardiorespiratory events are common in preterm infants and temporal relationships with feeding often prompt positional or feed‐rate interventions. Apnoea of prematurity is a pause in breathing of more than 15–20 s, with or without accompanying oxygen desaturation and/or bradycardia in infants born less than 37 weeks gestation.Prone positioning may improve cardiopulmonary stability and respiratory dynamicsA 2021 Cochrane systematic review examining pump versus gravity feeds identified a single small crossover trial, precluding meta‐analysis,This study evaluates the impact of feeding interventions (positional and feed‐rate) on respiratory event frequency in spontaneously breathing preterm infants born less than 32 weeks' gestation managed in a neonatal unit, prior to introduction of nutritive oral feeds. We evaluate whether alternative infant and cot positioning (supine vs. ‘propped and prone’) and slowing of feed‐rate (gravity feeds vs. pump) reduce frequency of apnoea and/or improve oximetry profiles.