The Unsung Heroes: The Profile of the Donor at a Southern Italian Milk Bank and Driving Factors in Human Milk Donation [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: One of the most effective strategies to mitigate morbidity associated with preterm birth is the use of human milk. The first choice is the mother’s milk; if that is not available, human milk donated to milk banks is the second ...
Pasqua Anna Quitadamo +8 more
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New latex agglutination assay for the determination of lactoferrin in human milk [PDF]
International Breastfeeding JournalBackground Lactoferrin (LF) in human milk has various biological properties and contributes to the prevention of preterm birth complications. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is one of the most commonly used methods to measure LF in human milk ...
Miori Tanaka +2 more
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Novel High-Molecular Weight Fucosylated Milk Oligosaccharides Identified in Dairy Streams [PDF]
, 2014 peer-reviewedOligosaccharides are the third largest component in human milk. This abundance is remarkable because oligosaccharides are not digestible by the newborn, and yet they have been conserved and amplified during evolution.
Barile, Daniela +5 more
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Comparison of bacterial profiles in human milk from mothers of term and preterm infants
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2023 Background Reducing the disposal of donated human milk (HM) is important for efficient management of human milk banks (HMBs). The presence of bacteria growth is the main factor that contributes to the disposal of donated HM.
Kumiko Miura +5 more
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Human Milk and Lactation [PDF]
Nutrients, 2020 Human milk is uniquely tailored to meet infants’ specific nutritional requirements [...]
Maria Lorella Giannì +5 more
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Feeding Strategies in Newborns and Infants During the COVID-19 Pandemic—Polish Cross-Sectional Study
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objective: We aimed to analyze factors affecting feeding strategies of newborns and infants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.Methods: The cross-sectional study using a self-developed CAWI questionnaire was conducted between February and April 2021 ...
Aleksandra Wesołowska +5 more
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International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021 Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on infant feeding in the context of COVID-19 uphold standing recommendations for breastfeeding, non-separation, and skin-to-skin contact, including the use of donor human milk when mother’s ...
Estrella Olonan-Jusi +10 more
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Growth of bifidobacteria in mammalian milk [PDF]
, 2013 Microbial colonization of the mammalian intestine begins at birth, when from a sterile state a newborn infant is exposed to an external environment rich in various bacterial species.
Bunešová, V. +7 more
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Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021 If maternal milk is unavailable, the World Health Organization recommends that the first alternative should be pasteurised donor human milk (DHM). Human milk banks (HMBs) screen and recruit milk donors, and DHM principally feeds very low birth weight ...
Natalie Shenker +19 more
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Vitamin E concentration in breast milk in different periods of lactation: Meta-analysis
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 ObjectiveThis study systematized information about vitamin E concentration in healthy breast milk during different stages of lactation in order to support the strategies of protecting postpartum women and infants.MethodsStudies published before April ...
Yuandi Xi +17 more
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