Availability of donor milk improves enteral feeding but has limited effect on body growth of infants with very-low birthweight: Data from a historic cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Compare with preterm formula, donor human milk (DM) is associated with a lower risk of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. It is thus deemed superior to preterm formula as the sole diet or supplement to own mother's milk (OMM) for preterm infants, especially for those with very low birthweight (VLBW). This historic cohort study investigated the relationship between DM availability, and enteral feeding, body growth of VLBW infants by comparing two cohorts before and after the establishment of a human milk bank. A sub-analysis was also conducted between small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and non-SGA infants in our cohorts. Our results showed that DM availability was associated with earlier initiation and faster advancement of enteral feeding, earlier attainment of full enteral feeding,

SUBMITTER: Wu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932717 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature