Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population [PDF]
Children, 2022 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends the use of donor human milk in infants when mother’s own milk is not available. Our objective was to analyze whether the use of donor human milk in preterm, very-low-birth-weight (VLBW,
Ahreen Allana +3 more
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Protein and Immune Component Content of Donor Human Milk in Japan: Variation with Gestational and Postpartum Age. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2023 Donor human milk (DHM) is the second-best nutrition for preterm infants when their own mother’s milk is unavailable. The nutrient content of human milk is influenced by various factors, including gestational and postpartum age, but there are no data ...
Tanaka M +5 more
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Understanding the current and future usage of donor human milk in hospitals: An online survey of UK neonatal units. [PDF]
Matern Child Nutr, 2023 The use of donor human milk (DHM) where there is a shortfall of maternal milk can benefit both infant and maternal outcomes but DHM supply is not always assured.
Shenker NS +5 more
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Donor human milk versus infant formula for low-risk infants: a systematic review. [PDF]
Pediatr ResBackground There is an increasing acceptance and use of donor human milk (DHM) in healthy infants. This review investigates the benefits and risks of mothers’ own milk (MOM) supplementation with DHM compared to infant formula (IF) in moderate-late ...
McClintock T +6 more
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Donor human milk: the influence of processing technologies on its nutritional and microbial composition [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionHuman milk is regarded as the gold standard nutrition for newborn infants, providing all nutrients required for adequate growth and development from birth to 6 months.
Ruth Conboy-Stephenson +7 more
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How much does a liter of donor human milk cost? Cost analysis of operating a human milk bank in Italy [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background To date, 40 Human Milk Banks (HMB) have been established in Italy; however, recent cost analysis data for operating an HMB in Italy are not available in the literature. Methods This study was a cross-sectional study performed at “Bambino Gesù”
Guglielmo Salvatori +8 more
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Human milk bank services and Islamic milk kinship: pathways and processes for ensuring respect for religious law and tradition in the provision of donor human milk for small vulnerable newborns [PDF]
International Breastfeeding JournalIslam provides strong support for infants to be breastfed, including for wet nursing where mothers are unable to breastfeed. Amongst those infants who may be in need of breastmilk from another woman are small vulnerable newborns.
Karleen D. Gribble +7 more
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Recommendations for the establishment and operation of a donor human milk bank. [PDF]
Nutr Rev, 2023 In Europe, an increasing number of human milk banks (HMBs) collect donor human milk to feed preterm infants when their mother’s milk is not available or not enough.
Arslanoglu S +9 more
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A Decision Tree for Donor Human Milk: An Example Tool to Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Despite decades of breastfeeding promotion, exclusive breastfeeding rates for the first 6 months of life remain low: around 40% globally. Infants that are admitted to a neonatal ward are even less likely to be exclusively breastfed.
Shelley Brandstetter +13 more
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Using donor human milk to feed vulnerable term infants: a case series in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2018 Background Donor human milk is the World Health Organization’s recommendation for infant feeding when the mother’s own breast milk is unavailable. Breast milk has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality and in low birthweight infants, donor milk ...
Penelope Reimers +3 more
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