Background When sufficient maternal breast milk is not available, alternative forms of enteral
nutrition for preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants are donor breast milk or artificial …

In the last decade, the use of pasteurized donor human milk (DHM) has become the
standard of care for very low birthweight (VLBW;< 1500 g) infants throughout the world when …

Importance For many very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, there is insufficient mother's milk,
and a supplement of pasteurized donor human milk or preterm formula is required …

Importance The effect of using an exclusive human milk diet compared with one that uses
bovine products in preterm infants is uncertain, but some studies demonstrate lower rates of …

Background Necrotising enterocolitis is a neonatal gastrointestinal inflammatory disease
with high mortality and severe morbidity. This disorder is growing in global relevance as …

The number of human milk banks is growing worldwide. The introduction of donor human
milk (DHM) to neonatal units has been advocated as a strategy to promote maternal …

The developing brain of the very low birth weight (VLBW) infant is highly sensitive to effects
of the nutritional milieu during the neonatal hospitalization and after discharge. Strategies to …

Human milk pasteurization: benefits and risks : Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition &
Metabolic Care Human milk pasteurization: benefits and risks : Current Opinion in Clinical …

Pasteurized donor human milk is in wide use for preterm infants in neonatal intensive care
units when maternal milk is unavailable. Pasteurization of donor milk is required to prevent …

Own mother's milk is the first choice in feeding preterm infants and provides multiple short-
and long-term benefits. When it is unavailable, donor human milk is recommended as the …