Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review
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 care, we focused on four aspects in this review. First of all, we reviewed the beneficial effects of feeding premature infant...
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| description | 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 care, we focused on four aspects in this review. First of all, we reviewed the beneficial effects of feeding premature infants with breast milk in the short and long term. Secondly, we performed a quantitative evaluation of the rates of breastfeeding and feeding with human milk in Very-Low-Birth-Weight infants (VLBWs) during hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and at discharge. Our aim was to take a snapshot of the current status of human milk-feeding care and track its trends over time. Then we analyzed, on the one hand, factors that have been proven to facilitate the use of maternal milk and, on the other hand, the risk factors of not feeding with breast milk. We also considered the spread of human milk banking so as to assess the availability of donated milk for the most vulnerable category of premature babies. Finally, we proposed a protocol designed as a tool for the systematic monitoring of actions that could be planned and implemented in NICUs in order to achieve the goal of feeding even more VLBWs with human milk. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-828cb22fd7b54b1a9afea39e12d582fe2024-03-12T16:44:00ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582024-02-0113564910.3390/foods13050649Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative ReviewPasqua Anna Quitadamo0Federica Zambianco1Giuseppina Palumbo2Xavier Wagner3Maria Assunta Gentile4Antonio Mondelli5Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, ItalySan Raffaele Faculty of Medicine, University of San Raffaele Vita-Salute, 20132 Milan, MI, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, ItalyNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, ItalyAware 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 care, we focused on four aspects in this review. First of all, we reviewed the beneficial effects of feeding premature infants with breast milk in the short and long term. Secondly, we performed a quantitative evaluation of the rates of breastfeeding and feeding with human milk in Very-Low-Birth-Weight infants (VLBWs) during hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and at discharge. Our aim was to take a snapshot of the current status of human milk-feeding care and track its trends over time. Then we analyzed, on the one hand, factors that have been proven to facilitate the use of maternal milk and, on the other hand, the risk factors of not feeding with breast milk. We also considered the spread of human milk banking so as to assess the availability of donated milk for the most vulnerable category of premature babies. Finally, we proposed a protocol designed as a tool for the systematic monitoring of actions that could be planned and implemented in NICUs in order to achieve the goal of feeding even more VLBWs with human milk.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/5/649very low birth weightprematuritymother’s own milk nutritionhuman milk |
| spellingShingle | Pasqua Anna Quitadamo Federica Zambianco Giuseppina Palumbo Xavier Wagner Maria Assunta Gentile Antonio Mondelli Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review Foods very low birth weight prematurity mother’s own milk nutrition human milk |
| title | Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review |
| title_full | Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review |
| title_short | Monitoring the Use of Human Milk, the Ideal Food for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants—A Narrative Review |
| title_sort | monitoring the use of human milk the ideal food for very low birth weight infants a narrative review |
| topic | very low birth weight prematurity mother’s own milk nutrition human milk |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/5/649 |
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