ArticleJournal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN2018
Outcomes Associated With Type of Milk Supplementation Among Late Preterm Infants.
Article in Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06843278 (Donor Breast Milk and Serum Ferritin Levels in Very Preterm Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Donor Breast Milk and Serum Ferritin Levels in Very Preterm Infants: A Prospective, Observational Study
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Infant Formula for the Prevention and Treatment of Neonatal Hypoglycaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Pooled it
- CanDo (Canadian Donor Milk) randomised controlled trial: pasteurised human donor milk supplementation in the well-baby unit - protocol.BMJ open · 2026Trial
- Human milk and breastfeeding at the first oral feed for infants with critical congenital heart disease: a multi-institutional study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Understanding modifiable barriers to human milk donation in the United Kingdom.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Milk microbiome transplantation: recolonizing donor milk with mother's own milk microbiota.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Maternity care practices supportive of breastfeeding in U.S. advanced neonatal care units, United States, 2022.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Antenatal breastfeeding promotion amongst pregnancies at high-risk for newborn admission to the NICU: A cross-sectional study.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2022Article
- Disparities in Donor Human Milk Supplementation Among Well Newborns.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether type of milk supplementation provided to breastfeeding late preterm infants was associated with hospital length of stay (LOS) or breastfeeding status at discharge.
designRetrospective chart review.
settingTertiary care teaching hospital in the southern United States.
participantsLate preterm infants 35 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks gestational age (N = 183) admitted to the mother-baby unit between November 1, 2014, and October 31, 2016.
methodsThe exposure of interest was type of milk supplementation, for example, expressed human milk, pasteurized donor human milk, and formula. Outcomes measured were LOS and breastfeeding status at discharge. Generalized Poisson regression models were used to compare LOS by type of milk supplementation. Modified Poisson regression models were used to estimate risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals for associations with breastfeeding status at discharge.
resultsThe LOS for breastfed infants supplemented with expressed human milk and/or pasteurized donor human milk did not differ significantly from exclusively breastfed infants who received no supplement. Exclusively formula-fed infants had longer LOS of 3.2 days compared with 2.6 days for exclusively breastfed infants (p = .001). Breastfed infants who received any formula supplementation were 16% less likely to continue breastfeeding until day of discharge compared with breastfed infants who received human milk supplementation (risk ratio = .84, 95% confidence interval [.77, .92]).
conclusionThe high prevalence of supplementation among breastfeeding late preterm infants underscores the potential effect of type of milk supplementation on LOS and breastfeeding outcomes. Our findings suggest that human milk supplementation discourages transition to formula feeding before hospital discharge without increasing LOS.
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