Human donor milk for the vulnerable infant: a Canadian perspective

International Breastfeeding Journal

Shoo K Lee²  Deborah O’Connor¹  Sharon Unger³  Julia Panczuk⁴ 

[1] Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada;Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada;Division of Neonatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada

关键词: Very low birth weight infants;    Pasteurized human donor milk;    Mother’s own milk;    Breast milk;   

Others  :  800855
DOI  :  10.1186/1746-4358-9-4

 received in 2014-01-08, accepted in 2014-04-12,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Breast milk is the normal way to feed infants and is accepted worldwide as the optimal first source of nutrition. Though the majority intend to breastfeed, many mothers of sick, hospitalized newborns, particularly those of very low birth weight, are unable to provide a full volume of milk due to numerous physical and emotional barriers to breastfeeding. This vulnerable population of infants may benefit most from receiving breast milk nutrition and thus pasteurized donor milk should be the first consideration for supplementation when there is an inadequate supply of mother’s own milk. This commentary will briefly review the history of milk banking in Canada, as well as the best available evidence for donor milk use in the very low birth weight population, including available economic analyses, with a view to advocate for its use in these vulnerable infants.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Panczuk et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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