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Background Donor human milk is the best alternative for preterm infants when their mother’s own milk is insufficient or unavailable. The development of human milk banks in China started late, and in most of these banks, the amount of donor human milk is ...
Haixia Tu +5 more
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Background WHO recommends donor milk as the next best choice if Mothers’ own milk (MOM) is unavailable. At our milk bank, during the COVID 19 pandemic, we observed a steep decline in the collection of donor milk, while Pasteurised Donor human milk (PDHM)
Maheshwar Bhasin +4 more
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At present, in the EU, there is a specific Legislation on Blood, Tissue and Cells (BTC), but there is a lack of regulation on Donor Human Milk and Human Milk Banks.
Enrico Bertino
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Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants-Own Mother's Milk or Donor Milk? [PDF]
Hormones are important biological regulators, controlling development and physiological processes throughout life. We investigated pituitary hormones such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin (PRL) and total protein levels during the first 6 months of lactation.
Vass RA +7 more
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“It’s more than milk, it’s mental health”: a case of online human milk sharing
Background Milk sharing is not a new concept and occurs today via regulated human milk banks and unregulated online milk sharing groups. Exploring and understanding how, and why, mothers use these peers to peer milk sharing groups, is a vehicle to ...
Amanda J. Wagg +2 more
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Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population
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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Bile Salt-Stimulated Lipase Activity in Donor Breast Milk Influenced by Pasteurization Techniques
Breast milk contains bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL), which significantly increases the fat digestion capacity of newborns who have limited pancreatic lipase secretion in the first few months after birth. Problematically, Holder pasteurization used in
Jeewon Koh +8 more
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Donor milk intake and infant growth in a South African neonatal unit: a cohort study
Background Implications of donor milk feedings on infant growth in resource limited settings remain uncertain. This knowledge gap includes the impact of donor milk availability on infant intake of mother’s own milk. Therefore, this investigation aimed to
Hayley Sparks +3 more
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Donor breast milk banking [PDF]
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]
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 +2 more
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