Using Human Milk Fortifiers to Improve the Preoperative Nutritional Status of Infants With Non-restricted Ventricular Septal Defect.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the effects of human milk fortifier (HMF) on improving the preoperative nutritional status of infants with non-restricted ventricular septal defect (VSD).

Methods

A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted in a provincial hospital in China. Participants were randomly divided into an intervention group (n = 29) and a control group (n = 29). HMFs were added proportionally to the infants' feeds in the intervention group based on breastfeeding status, and the infants in the control group received exclusive breastfeeding as needed. The nutritional status of the two groups was compared 1 month after the intervention.

Results

Compared with the control group, the weight, head circumference, height, albumin level, and prealbumin

SUBMITTER: Lin YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271765 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature