Observational studyJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2019
NICU human milk dose and health care use after NICU discharge in very low birth weight infants.
Observational study in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Breastfeeding supports growth in small for gestational age infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Pooled it
- Timing and intensity of lactation support influences NICU discharge on maternal milk.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Longitudinal studies on breastfeeding among preterm infants: a scoping review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Mother's Own Milk Provision During the First 12 Weeks of Life by Gestational Age.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Milk Biomarkers of Secretory Activation in Breast Pump-Dependent Mothers of Preterm Infants: An Integrative Review.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2024Review
- Where does the time go? Temporal patterns of pumping behaviors in mothers of very preterm infants vary by sociodemographic and clinical factors.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Oral stimulation for promoting oral feeding in preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- The Role of Work as a Social Determinant of Health in Mother's Own Milk Feeding Decisions for Preterm Infants: A State of the Science Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Cost Savings of Mother's Own Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2022Article
- Proactive Lactation Care is Associated With Improved Outcomes in a Referral NICU.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2022Article
- A prospective cohort study on lactation status and breastfeeding challenges in mothers giving birth to preterm infants.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
- Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breast milk feedings in US neonatal intensive care units.Pediatric research · 2021Review
- Breastfeeding peer counselling for mothers of preterm neonates: protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Is Mother's Own Milk Lactoferrin Intake Associated with Reduced Neonatal Sepsis, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, and Death?Neonatology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the association between human milk (HM) dose and health care utilization at one and 2 years of life in very low birth weight (birth weight < 1500 g; VLBW) infants. STUDY
designThis study included 345 VLBW infants enrolled in a prospective observational cohort study (2008-2012) who completed a neonatal high-risk follow-up clinic visit. Subsequent health care utilization included hospitalizations, emergency department visits, pediatric subspecialists, and specialized therapies.
resultsEach 10 mL/kg/day increase in HM in the first 14 days of life was associated with 0.26 fewer hospitalizations (p = 0.04) at 1 year and 0.21 fewer pediatric subspecialist types (p = 0.04) and 0.20 fewer specialized therapy types (p = 0.04) at 2 years.
conclusionHM dose in early life for VLBW infants was an independent predictor of the number of hospitalizations at 1 year and types of pediatric subspecialists and specialized therapies at 2 years of life.
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