Background When sufficient maternal breast milk is not available, alternative forms of enteral
nutrition for preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants are donor breast milk or artificial …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), the first cause of short bowel syndrome (SBS) in the
neonate, is a serious neonatal gastrointestinal disease with an incidence of up to 11% in …

If maternal milk is unavailable, the World Health Organization recommends that the first
alternative should be pasteurised donor human milk (DHM). Human milk banks (HMBs) …

Background and objectives Describe the financial burden and worry that families of preterm
infants experience after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Methods We …

The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for establishing
lactation and for providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed successfully (1) …

Objectives This study aimed (1) to perform a systematic literature review of instruments for
measuring productivity loss of paid and unpaid work and (2) to assess the suitability (in …

Donor human milk is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics for high-risk
infants when mother's own milk is absent or insufficient in quantity. Several factors may …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a common morbidity of prematurity, affects 5–10% of
premature infants with a birthweight< 1500 g. The added cost remains unclear. Multiple …

Objective To assess the cost-effectiveness of mother's own milk supplemented with donor
milk vs mother's own milk supplemented with formula for infants of very low birth weight in …

Background Fortification of donor human milk (DHM) is required for optimal growth of very
preterm infants, but there are concerns of more gut dysfunction and necrotizing enterocolitis …