Importance Human milk confers important health benefits to very low-birth-weight (VLBW)
infants (≤ 1500 g). The extent to which the use of human milk has changed over time and …

Background: Over the past year, there has been a rise in twin births. The current scientific
consensus recommended breast-feed milk for all newborns for at least 6 months. They …

BACKGROUND The landmark report “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” 1 published by the
Institute of Medicine in 2001, promoted equity as one of 6 fundamental pillars of quality …

Multiple pregnancy increases the risk of a range of adverse perinatal outcomes, including
breastfeeding failure. However, studies on predictive factors of breastfeeding duration in …

Breast milk provides optimal nourishment for all infants and has special advantages in
preterm infants. Breast milk is associated with lower rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and …

Background The mothers of very low birth weight infants face many challenges to achieve
breastfeeding at hospital discharge, especially during long stays. Research aim The aim of …

Background Feeding mother's own milk (MOM) is associated with reduced morbidity of very
low birth weight (VLBW) infants (< 1500 g), but not all mothers are able to provide pumped …

Abstract Background The United Kingdom has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in
Europe, with the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding shown to be closely related to …

Objective Evaluate a single center quality improvement (QI) collaborative designed to
increase the provision of mother's own milk (MOM) at discharge to premature infants through …

Background Mother's own milk (MOM) is well known to decrease prematurity-related
morbidities, yet mothers delivering preterm infants often produce insufficient quantities of …