Study on improving collection feeding safety and quality of colostrum for very (extremely) low birth weight infants

Autor: Hua Wang, Qiu-Fang Li, Xin-Fen Xu, Xiao-Li Hu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1069719
Popis: ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the difficulties related to fresh colostrum feeding for very (extremely) low birth weight infants (VLBWI/ELBWI) and optimize the colostrum administration process.MethodsThe VLBWI/ELBWI who were admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit from January to December 2021, were enrolled as the experimental group, and an optimized colostrum feeding process was adopted. The VLBWI/ELBWI admitted from January to December 2020 were enrolled as the control group, and a conventional feeding process was adopted. The general situation of colostrum supply, number of adverse feeding events, maternal breastfeeding rate at the critical time points.ResultsThere were no significant differences between the baseline charatcteristics of the 2 groups. In the experimental group, compared with the control group, the time to first colostrum collection was significantly shorter (64.8% vs. 57.8% p
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