While direct at-the-breast feeding is biologically optimal, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) admission due to infant immaturity or illness often necessitates the expression and …

Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of death among preterm
infants born at< 30 weeks' gestation. The incidence of NEC is reduced when infants are fed …

Numerous short and long-term benefits of breastfeeding the full-term infant have been
acknowledged. The use of human milk in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is …

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 …

Aware of the utmost importance of feeding premature babies—especially those of lower
weight—with human milk, as well as the need to monitor this important element of neonatal …

Human milk has many well-established health benefits for both term and premature infants.
When mother's own milk is unavailable, pasteurized donor human milk feeding has become …

Aim There are no specific recommendations for using a mother's fresh milk for her preterm
infant. We reviewed the available evidence on its collection, storage and administration …

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 …

Aim: This study evaluated the impact of an exclusive human milk diet to nourish extremely
low birth weight infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Materials and Methods: This …

Fresh mother's own milk (MOM) can protect preterm infants from many complications. Often
MOM is pasteurized for safety, which can deactivate cellular and bioactive components with …