Beyond Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Other Clinical Advantages of an Exclusive Human Milk Diet
Author(s) -
Amy B. Hair,
David J. Rechtman,
Martin L. Lee,
Victoria Niklas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
breastfeeding medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1556-8342
pISSN - 1556-8253
DOI - 10.1089/bfm.2017.0192
Subject(s) - medicine , necrotizing enterocolitis , statistical significance , parenteral nutrition , breastfeeding , sepsis , clinical significance , cohort , pediatrics , zoology , biology
Articles previously published by Sullivan et al. and Cristofalo et al. were reanalyzed using the proportion of cow milk-based nutrition received to determine whether that affected clinical outcomes during hospitalization for infants birth weight 500-1250 g. Abrams et al. showed in the same cohort incidences of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), NEC requiring surgery and sepsis increased proportionally to the amount of dietary cow milk.
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