BACKGROUND Breast milk is essential to the development of the newborn's immature
immune system and help to reduce child mortality. As preterm neonates are not able to …

Breastfeeding is the most appropriate source of nutrition also for preterm infants. When
mother's own milk is not available, donor human milk (DHM), provided from a human milk …

It is universally accepted that breast milk is the optimum exclusive source of nutrition for the
first six months of life, and may remain part of the healthy infant diet for the first two years of …

The importance of human milk for the preterm infant is well established (–). However, the
feeding of human milk to preterm infants is typically much more complicated than the mere …

Aim The aim of this paper was to review the role that donor human milk plays in caring for
very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. Methods This review focussed on academic papers …

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 …

BACKGROUND Breast-feeding and HM represent the reference normative standards for
infant feeding and nutrition particularly for sick and preterm infants. In this regard, in NICUs it …

Breast milk is a unique bioactive substance essential to the development of the newborn's
immature immune and digestive systems. In preterm infants, there are specific benefits …

Human milk (HM) banks provide pasteurised milk from screened donors for infants in many
countries but not in Australia. There are potential benefits and risks from feeding donor milk …

Because of its short-and long-term benefits, human milk (HM) is the preferred source of
enteral nutrition for all newborns, including very low birth weight (VLBW) infants [1, 2] …