ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2017
The Effect of Breastfeeding on Childhood Otitis Media.
Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development of a breastfeeding co-parenting intervention program for couples with primiparas: a program development process study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Evidence of maternal transfer of antigen-specific antibodies in serum and breast milk to infants at high-risk ofFrontiers in immunology · 2022Trial
- Comparative Analysis of Breastfeeding and Infant Formulas: Short- and Long-Term Impacts on Infant Nutrition and Health.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
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- Impact of Breastfeeding Duration on Adenoid Hypertrophy, Snoring and Acute Otitis Media: A Case-Control Study in Preschool Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Relationship Between Human Milk Feeding Patterns and Growth in the First Year of Life in Infants with Congenital Heart Defects.Pediatric cardiology · 2023Article
- Breastfeeding initiation and duration and acute otitis media among children less than two years of age in Jordan: results from a case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Associations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides With Otitis Media and Lower and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections up to 2 Years: The Ulm SPATZ Health Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Article
- Gamifying Breastfeeding for Fathers: Process Evaluation of the Milk Man Mobile App.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2019Article
- Predictors of breast milk substitute feeding among newborns in delivery facilities in urban Cambodia and Nepal.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Marketing and infant and young child feeding in rapidly evolving food environments.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
- Non-Nutritional Use of Human Milk Part 1: A Survey of the Use of Breast Milk as a Therapy for Mucosal Infections of Various Types in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Feeding Infants Formula With Probiotics or Milk Fat Globule Membrane: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to summarize the literature regarding the association between breastfeeding and childhood otitis media (OM), with focus on the literature published within the past 5 years. The review comprises original articles and recent reviews. RECENT
findingsThe effect of a protective effect of breastfeeding on the risk of OM is still being discussed. Within the past 5 years, 6 reviews and 15 original articles have been published. No randomized controlled trials have been published, and the diversity of exposure and outcome measures in the studies was significant. Also, we provide a summary of the recent literature on cost-benefit of breastfeeding and believed mechanism of protection against OM. Breastfeeding for more than 6 months seems to protect against OM during the first 6 years of life. Exclusive breastfeeding may have a more protective effect than non-exclusive breastfeeding. Introduction of formula feeding before the age of 6 months increased the risk of OM.
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