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SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2007

Formula milk versus maternal breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants.

G Henderson, M Y Anthony, W McGuire

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Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Preterm infants fed fortified human milk receive less protein than they need.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

G HendersonGriffith University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Nathan Campus, 226 Grey St, PO Box 3370, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4104. G.Henderson@griffith.edu.au
M Y Anthony
W McGuire

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMaternal breast milk may contain less nutrients than artificial formula milk but may confer important non-nutrient advantages for preterm or low birth weight infants.

objectivesTo determine the effect of feeding with formula milk compared with maternal breast milk on rate of growth and developmental outcomes in preterm or low birth weight infants. SEARCH STRATEGY: The standard search strategy of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group was used. This included electronic searches of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials Register (CENTRAL, The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2007), MEDLINE (1966 - June 2007) and EMBASE (1980 - June 2007) and CINAHL (1982 to June 2007) (all accessed via OVID) and previous reviews including cross references. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials comparing feeding with formula milk versus preterm human milk in preterm or low birth weight infants. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: The standard methods of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group were used, with separate evaluation of trial quality and data extraction by two authors. MAIN

resultsNo eligible trials were identified. AUTHORS'

conclusionsThere are no data from randomised trials of formula milk versus maternal breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants. This may relate to a perceived difficulty of allocating an alternative feed to an infant whose mother wishes to feed with her own breast milk. Maternal breast milk remains the default choice of enteral nutrition because observational studies, and meta-analyses of trials comparing feeding with formula milk versus donor breast milk, suggest that feeding with breast milk has major non-nutrient advantages for preterm or low birth weight infants.

Indexed as

Enteral NutritionInfant FoodInfant, Low Birth WeightInfant, PrematureMilk, HumanGrowthHumansInfant, Newborn

Identifiers

PMID17943777

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