Supplementation Practices and Donor Milk Use in US Well-Newborn Nurseries.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Guidelines encourage exclusive breastfeeding for healthy newborns but lack specificity regarding criteria for medically indicated supplementation, including type, timing, and best practices. We set out to describe practice patterns and provider perspectives regarding medically indicated supplementation of breastfeeding newborns across the United States.

Methods

From 2017 to 2018, we surveyed the Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns representative from each Better Outcomes through Research for Newborns hospital regarding practices related to medically indicated supplementation. We used descriptive statistics to compare practices between subgroups defined by breastfeeding prevalence and used qualitative methods and an inductive approach to de

SUBMITTER: Kair LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7842181 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature