Impact of mother's own milk expression practices and processing treatments on infant health and growth outcomes: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breastfeeding is the biological norm for infant nutrition. In certain scenarios, feeding at the breast is not possible, because of either maternal or neonatal reasons. In those cases, infants can still receive expressed mother's own milk (MOM) and its beneficial properties. Mothers can express their milk using a variety of methods, while applying different hygiene practices, in different settings; moreover, expressed milk might receive processing before it is fed to the infant, particularly to reduce transmission of viruses such as cytomegalovirus to premature infants. The present protocol was designed to gather the evidence on the effect that the expression method, the hygiene regimen and setting and any processing used on expressed MOM can have on the clinical outcom

SUBMITTER: Gandino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11815424 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature