Evidence indicates that human milk (HM) is the best form of nutrition uniquely suited not only
to term but also to preterm infants conferring health benefits in both the short and long-term …

Human milk is the preferred feeding for all infants, including those of very low birth weight (<
1500 g). It has both nutritional and anti-infective properties which are especially important for …

The use of human milk (mother's own milk and/or donor milk) in ill or medically compromised
infants frequently requires some adaptation to address medical diagnoses and/or altered …

Objective This study examines comprehensive patient and process factors that influence
breast milk use in the NICU setting. Study design We examined the association of maternal …

Purpose: To determine whether there is a relationship between gestational age, milk
production, and time to secretory activation in mothers delivering a critically ill infant …

Background Mortality and severe morbidity remain high in extremely preterm infants. Human
milk-based nutrient fortifiers may prevent serious complications and death. We aimed to …

Background: Our level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) implemented the use of an
exclusive human milk diet (EHD) and sought to determine its effect on the severe co …

Most of the major progress in understanding the unique and complex features of human
breast milk has emerged in just the past 2 decades. Since the late 1970s, key research has …

Background Accurately targeting the nutritional needs of the early preterm infant is
challenging when human milk is used due to the natural variation in energy composition …

Over the last decades, significant progress in the fields of perinatal and neonatal medicine
has resulted in improved survival of very low and extremely low-birth weight infants. At …