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The Use of Saliva Samples to Test for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Newborns: Examination of False-Positive Samples Associated with Donor Milk Use [PDF]

International Journal of Neonatal Screening, 2023
A universal screening research study was conducted in six hospitals to identify the clinical sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on newborn dried blood spots (DBSs) versus saliva specimens for the diagnosis of congenital ...
Whitney Wunderlich, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Anna K. Schulte, Jessica Taghon, Sheila Dollard, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado   +5 more
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Improving the composition of donor milk using machine learning and optimisation techniques. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Background and aimsThe macronutrient composition of donor human milk (DHM) can vary substantially due to several factors such as maternal age, diet, and lactation duration.
Jacqueline Muts, Danée Knevel, Dick den Hertog, Rachel K Wong, Timothy C Y Chan, Britt J van Keulen, Johannes B van Goudoever, Chris H P van den Akker   +7 more
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The use of human donor milk [PDF]

BMJ, 2020
### What you need to know A 25 year old woman gave birth to her first child prematurely, at 27 weeks gestation, at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children, in central Vietnam. The male infant weighed 980 grams and required continuous positive airway pressure respiratory support in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Hoang Thi Tran, Tuan T Nguyen, Roger Mathisen   +2 more
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Milk microbiome transplantation: recolonizing donor milk with mother's own milk microbiota [PDF]

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Abstract Donor human milk (DHM) provides myriad nutritional and immunological benefits for preterm and low birthweight infants. However, pasteurization leaves DHM devoid of potentially beneficial milk microbiota. In the present study, we performed milk microbiome transplantation from freshly collected mother’s own milk (MOM ...
Lisa F. Stinson, Jie Ma, Ching Tat Lai, Alethea Rea, Sharon L. Perrella, Donna T. Geddes   +5 more
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Donor breast milk banking [PDF]

BMJ, 2006
Mother's milk is recommended for all babies, but mothers of preterm babies and other babies in intensive care are often unable or too ill to provide enough milk for their baby's needs. Mother's milk protects against infection and enhances neurocognitive development; it may also improve enteral tolerance and long term metabolic health as well as reduce ...
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Pasteurized and unpasteurized donor human milk [PDF]

Paediatrics & Child Health, 2020
Abstract It is universally accepted that human milk is the optimal, exclusive source of nutrition for infants 0 to 6 months of age, and may remain part of the healthy infant diet for the first 2 years of age and beyond. Despite advances in infant formulas, human milk provides a wide range of benefits, due in part to its bioactive matrix ...
Catherine, Pound, Sharon, Unger, Becky, Blair   +2 more
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Perception of donor breast milk and determinants of its acceptability among mothers in a developing community: a cross-sectional multi-center study in south-east Nigeria

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2018
Background Due to the health and economic benefits of breast milk, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that for infants who cannot receive breast milk from their own mothers, the next preferred option is donated breast milk.
Kenechukwu K. Iloh, Chidiebere DI. Osuorah, Ikenna K. Ndu, Isaac N. Asinobi, Ijeoma N. Obumneme-Anyim, Chijioke E. Ezeudu, Ukoha M. Oluchi, Onyinye U. Anyanwu, Uchenna Ekwochi, Christian C. Ogoke, Adaeze C. Ayuk, Herbert U. Obu   +11 more
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A Decision Tree for Donor Human Milk: An Example Tool to Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding

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, Shelley Brandstetter, Shelley Brandstetter, Shelley Brandstetter, Kimberly Mansen, Kimberly Mansen, Alessandra DeMarchis, Nga Nguyen Quyhn, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Kiersten Israel-Ballard, Kiersten Israel-Ballard   +13 more
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High-Temperature Short-Time Pasteurization System for Donor Milk in a Human Milk Bank Setting

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Donor milk is the best alternative for the feeding of preterm newborns when mother's own milk is unavailable. For safety reasons, it is usually pasteurized by the Holder method (62.5°C for 30 min).
Diana Escuder-Vieco, Irene Espinosa-Martos, Juan M. Rodríguez, Nieves Corzo, Antonia Montilla, Pablo Siegfried, Carmen R. Pallás-Alonso, Carmen R. Pallás-Alonso, Leónides Fernández   +8 more
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Attitudes towards Donor Breast Milk in an Inner City Population

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
Objective. The purpose of our study was to identify attitudes towards donor breast milk in our population and identify barriers to its acceptance. Methods. The study sample was comprised of a convenience sample of 174 postpartum women.
Abhinav Pal, Kultida Soontarapornchai, Lawrence Noble, Ivan Hand   +3 more
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