ReviewMaternal & child nutrition2020
Breastfeeding and coronavirus disease-2019: Ad interim indications of the Italian Society of Neonatology endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies.
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103 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Remote provision of breastfeeding support and education: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- COVID-19 guidelines for pregnant women and new mothers: A systematic evidence review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Pooled it
- Characterization of neonates born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection: Review and meta-analysis.Pediatrics and neonatology · 2021Pooled it
- Maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women infected by SARS-CoV-2: A meta-analysis.European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2021Pooled it
- Post-natal follow-up for women and neonates during the COVID-19 pandemic: French National Authority for Health recommendations.Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction · 2020Guideline
- Breastfeeding and COVID-19: From Nutrition to Immunity.Frontiers in immunologyPooled it
- Pandemic as an Organizational Paradigm for Neonatal Care: Long-Term Impact of Mother-Infant Separation Practice During COVID-19.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Knowledge and attitude regarding breastfeeding among antenatal mothers.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2025Article
- How to Manage a Neonate Born from a SARS-CoV-2-Positive Mother: A Narrative Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Increase in Breastfeeding Rates in Baby-Friendly Hospitals in Greece: Comparison with the National Study of 2017.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Challenges of breastfeeding during COVID-19 and baby friendly protocols adopted at a maternity health center in the northern Emirates of UAE: a comprehensive review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Review
- Breastfeeding experience and anxiety in mothers with covid-19 in the postnatal period: a qualitative study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Nutrition in Pediatric Patients and Vulnerable Populations: Updates and Advances.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Feeding Practices of Stable Term and Late Preterm Neonates Born at a Tertiary Hospital in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Acta medica Philippina · 2024Article
- Viruses and Human Milk: Transmission or Protection?Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Review
- Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection: The potential vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and impact on neonates: A review.Pediatric discovery · 2023Review
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- Protecting Breastfeeding during the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of perinatology · 2023Article
- Breastfeeding and human milk bank in a neonatal intensive care unit: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian cohort of very low birth weight infants.International breastfeeding journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has spread to Italy with heavy consequences on public health and economics. Besides the possible consequences of COVID-19 infection on a pregnant woman and the fetus, a major concern is related to the potential effect on neonatal outcome, the appropriate management of the mother-newborn dyad, and finally the compatibility of maternal COVID-19 infection with breastfeeding. The Italian Society on Neonatology (SIN) after reviewing the limited scientific knowledge on the compatibility of breastfeeding in the COVID-19 mother and the available statements from Health Care Organizations has issued the following indications that have been endorsed by the Union of European Neonatal & Perinatal Societies (UENPS). If a mother previously identified as COVID-19 positive or under investigation for COVID-19 is asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic at delivery, rooming-in is feasible, and direct breastfeeding is advisable, under strict measures of infection control. On the contrary, when a mother with COVID-19 is too sick to care for the newborn, the neonate will be managed separately and fed fresh expressed breast milk, with no need to pasteurize it, as human milk is not believed to be a vehicle of COVID-19. We recognize that this guidance might be subject to change in the future when further knowledge will be acquired about the COVID-19 pandemic, the perinatal transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and clinical characteristics of cases of neonatal COVID-19.
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