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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tebogo Mampane, Jacqueline E Wolvaardt
Breastfeeding is a crucial public health approach that reduces infant morbidity and mortality by providing essential nutrients and antibodies, and breast milk is easily digested. Breastfeeding and donated milk serve as a preventative measure against necrotising enterocolitis. Additionally, they protect against viruses and nosocomial sepsis. When a birthing parent's own milk is unavailable, alternative enteral nutrition for preterm or low-birth-weight infants is either donor human milk (DHM) or artificial formula...
April 4, 2024: Maternal & Child Nutrition
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MULTICENTER STUDY
Huijia Lin, Guannan Bai, Jiajing Ge, Xuefeng Chen, Xinyu He, Xiaolu Ma, Liping Shi, Lizhong Du, Zheng Chen
BACKGROUND: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a major complication affecting the survival rate and long-term outcomes of preterm infants. A large, prospective, multicenter cohort study was conducted to evaluate early nutritional support during the first week of life for preterm infants with a gestational age < 32 weeks and to verify nutritional risk factors related to BPD development. METHODS: A prospective multicenter cohort study of very preterm infants was conducted in 40 tertiary neonatal intensive care units across mainland China between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021...
April 3, 2024: BMC Pediatrics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, Rebecca J Baer, Brittany D Chambers Butcher, Laura L Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Deborah Karasek, Scott P Oltman, Corinne A Riddell, Elizabeth E Rogers, Jacqueline M Torres, Bridgette Blebu
BACKGROUND: African-born women have a lower risk of preterm birth and small for gestational age (SGA) birth compared to United States (US)-born Black women, however variation by country of origin is overlooked. Additionally, the extent that nativity disparities in adverse perinatal outcomes to Black women are explained by individual-level factors remains unclear. METHODS: We conducted a population-based study of non-anomalous singleton live births to US- and African-born Black women in California from 2011-2020 (n=194,320)...
March 29, 2024: Epidemiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Daniela Dinu, Joseph L Hagan, Paul J Rozance
OBJECTIVE: Hypoglycemia, the most common metabolic derangement in the newborn period remains a contentious issue, not only due to various numerical definitions, but also due to limited therapeutical options which either lack evidence to support their efficacy or are increasingly recognized to lead to adverse reactions in this population. This study aimed to investigate neonatologists' current attitudes in diagnosing and managing transient and persistent hypoglycemia in newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...
April 2, 2024: American Journal of Perinatology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Linda Sweet, Jessica Hughes, Asiyath Rasheed, Vidanka Vasilevski
AIM: To evaluate the outcomes of a low-cost hospital-grade breast pump hire program for women experiencing financial hardship with infants in neonatal intensive care. DESIGN: A multi-method evaluation including data audits and surveys. METHODS: Twenty-four electric breast pumps were purchased and rented to mothers at a cost of $1/day. To be eligible, mothers needed to have given birth to an infant <32 weeks and/or <1500 g and self-identified as experiencing financial hardship...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Advanced Nursing
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Carla Madeleine Cuya, Carlos Barriga, Maria Del Carmen Graf, Mirta Cardeña, María Del Pilar Borja, Richard Condori, Moises Azocar, Carlos Cuya
INTRODUCTION: In a significant number of NICUs, mothers are unable to provide enough maternal milk to feed their premature babies, so healthcare workers rely on human milk banks. Unfortunately, this service is not available in many countries, such as Peru, where premature infants receive formula. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of multisensory stimulation on mother's own milk production. METHODS: Participants in this study were postpartum mothers of preterm infants 27-37 weeks gestational age...
2024: Frontiers in Pediatrics
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REVIEW
Ada Maria Adamczak, Alicja Werblińska, Małgorzata Jamka, Jarosław Walkowiak
In recent years, the number of scientific publications on the role of intestinal microbiota in shaping human health, as well as the occurrence of intestinal dysbiosis in various disease entities, has increased dynamically. However, there is a gap in comprehensively understanding the factors influencing a child's gut microbiota. This review discusses the establishment of gut microbiota and the immunological mechanisms regulating children's microbiota, emphasising the importance of prioritising the development of appropriate gut microbiota in a child from the planning stages of pregnancy...
February 22, 2024: Biomedicines
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pradeep Alur, Sumana Ramarao, Addie Hitt, Simmy Vig, Radha Alur, Naveed Hussain
UNLABELLED: Challenging the assumption of uniform nutritional needs in preterm feeding, this study identifies crucial sex-specific disparities in formula milk intake and growth among late preterm infants. Premature infants have difficulty regulating their oral intake during feeds, which is why clinicians prescribe feeding volume, calories, and protein via the nasogastric route. However, premature male and female infants have different body compositions at birth, and, subsequently, there is no evidence to suggest that male and female preterm infants differ in their nutritional consumption once they begin feeding ad libitum...
February 20, 2024: Children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Devita Kireina, Valeria R Parreira, Lawrence Goodridge, Jeffrey M Farber
Cronobacter sakazakii can cause severe illnesses in infants, predominantly in preterm newborns, with consumption of contaminated powdered infant formula (PIF) being the major vehicle of infection. Using a dynamic human gastrointestinal simulator called the SHIME, this study examined the effects of gastric acidity and gastric digestion time of newborns on the survival and expression of stress genes of C. sakazakii. Individual strains, inoculated at 7 log CFU/mL into reconstituted PIF, were exposed to gastric pH values of 4...
March 20, 2024: Journal of Food Protection
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shi-Huan Tang, Xian Tang, Ling Liu, Lu Peng, Hong-Mei Zhang, Hui Zhang, Ting Long, Pei-Ling Wu, Xian-Ping Zhang
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the roles of nuclear factor-kappa B p65 (NF-[Formula: see text]B p65) and tumor necrosis factor- α (TNF- α ) in cell apoptosis occurring in the fetal membranes of pregnant women who experience preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). METHODS: This was a case-control study involving 57 pregnant women who delivered in the obstetric department of Affiliated Loudi Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, from June 2021 to June 2022...
January 2024: Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jing Wang, Minhan Qu, Aijuan Qiu, Lili Yang, Hui Xu, Shenglin Yu, Zhaojun Pan
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a common gastrointestinal complication in premature infants, resulting in high morbidity and mortality, and its early detection is crucial for accurate treatment and outcome prediction. Extensive research has demonstrated a clear correlation between NEC and extremely low birth weight, degree of preterm, formula feeding, infection, hypoxic/ischemic damage, and intestinal dysbiosis. The development of noninvasive biomarkers of NEC from stool, urine, and serum has attracted a great deal of interest because to these clinical connections and the quest for a deeper knowledge of disease pathophysiology...
March 21, 2024: Molecular Biotechnology
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COMMENT
Tarah T Colaizy, Brenda B Poindexter, Scott A McDonald, Edward F Bell, Waldemar A Carlo, Susan J Carlson, Sara B DeMauro, Kathleen A Kennedy, Leif D Nelin, Pablo J Sánchez, Betty R Vohr, Karen J Johnson, Dianne E Herron, Abhik Das, Margaret M Crawford, Michele C Walsh, Rosemary D Higgins, Barbara J Stoll, Namisavayam Ambalavanan, Myra H Wyckoff, Carl T D'Angio, George W Bugg, Robin K Ohls, Anne Marie Reynolds, Gregory M Sokol, Abbot R Laptook, Steven L Olsen, Jessica R White, Sudarshan R Jadcherla, Monika Bajaj, Prabhu S Parimi, Barbara Schmidt, Matthew M Laughon, John Barks, Kimberley A Fisher, Anna Maria Hibbs, Myriam Peralta-Carcelen, Noah Cook, Roy J Heyne, Brenna Cavanaugh, Ira Adams-Chapman, Janell Fuller, Michelle E Hartley-McAndrew, Heidi M Harmon, Andrea F Duncan, Abbey C Hines, Howard W Kilbride, Laurie A Richards, Nathalie L Maitre, Girija Natarajan, Andrea N Trembath, Martha D Carlson, William F Malcolm, Deanne E Wilson-Costello
IMPORTANCE: Maternal milk feeding of extremely preterm infants during the birth hospitalization has been associated with better neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with preterm formula. For infants receiving no or minimal maternal milk, it is unknown whether donor human milk conveys similar neurodevelopmental advantages vs preterm formula. OBJECTIVE: To determine if nutrient-fortified, pasteurized donor human milk improves neurodevelopmental outcomes at 22 to 26 months' corrected age compared with preterm infant formula among extremely preterm infants who received minimal maternal milk...
February 20, 2024: JAMA
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yueqi Hu, Xing Wu, Li Zhou, Jikai Liu
The incidence of prematurity has been increasing since the twenty-first century. Premature neonates are extremely vulnerable and require a rich supply of nutrients, including carbohydrates, proteins, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), arachidonic acid (ARA) and others. Typical breast milk serves as the primary source for infants under six months old to provide these nutrients. However, depending on the individual needs of preterm infants, a more diverse and intricate range of nutrients may be necessary. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the current research progress on the physical and chemical properties, biological activity, function, and structure of breast milk, as well as explores the relationship between the main components of milk globular membrane and infant growth...
March 15, 2024: Natural Products and Bioprospecting
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REVIEW
Maria Carolina Rocha Muniz, Rian Vilar Lima, Víctor Queirós Calheiros Campelo Maia, Arthur Meneses Bezerra, Isabela Franco Freire, Manuela Cavalcante Coling Lima, Yuri Marques Teixeira Matos, Letícia Pinheiro Pontes, Ana Nery Melo Cavalcante
Several potential risk factors have been identified in the etiopathogenesis of febrile seizures (FS), including the type and extent of breastfeeding (BF). Given the lack of conclusive data, this study aims to systematically evaluate the evidence on the association between BF and FS. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis according to PRISMA guidelines. The search was conducted using descriptors for FS, BF, and formula feeding in MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science databases. We included observational studies that compared the incidence of FS between those who had ever breastfed and those who were formula fed...
March 8, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emmanuelle Lavassani, Kate A Tauber, Jennifer B Cerone, Jennifer Ludke, Upender K Munshi
BACKGROUND: Human milk-derived fortifier (HMDF) coupled with human milk feeding in extremely premature infants reduces the adverse outcome risks of early exposure to bovine milk ingredients but may not provide enough nutrients for adequate catch-up growth compared with bovine milk-derived fortifier (BMDF). OBJECTIVE: This study aims to compare HMDF and BMDF effects on growth parameters and serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25OHD) levels in preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) infants during the first 8 weeks of life...
2024: Frontiers in Pediatrics
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REVIEW
Jianyun Liu, Sharon Joseph, Krishna Manohar, Jasmine Lee, John P Brokaw, W Christopher Shelley, Troy A Markel
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a destructive gastrointestinal disease primarily affecting preterm babies. Despite advancements in neonatal care, NEC remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal intensive care units worldwide and the etiology of NEC is still unclear. Risk factors for NEC include prematurity, very low birth weight, feeding with formula, intestinal dysbiosis and bacterial infection. A review of the literature would suggest that supplementation of prebiotics and probiotics prevents NEC by altering the immune responses...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Karoline Aasmul-Olsen, Halise Gül Akıllıoğlu, Line Iadsatian Christiansen, Kasper Engholm-Keller, Anders Brunse, Denitsa Vladimirova Stefanova, Ann Bjørnshave, Mie Rostved Bechshøft, Kerstin Skovgaard, Thomas Thymann, Per Torp Sangild, Marianne Nissen Lund, Stine Brandt Bering
SCOPE: Processing of whey protein concentrate (WPC) for infant formulas may induce protein modifications with severe consequences for preterm newborn development. The study investigates how conventional WPC and a gently processed skim milk-derived WPC (SPC) affect gut and immune development after birth. METHODS AND RESULTS: Newborn, preterm pigs used as a model of preterm infants were fed formula containing WPC, SPC, extra heat-treated SPC (HT-SPC), or stored HT-SPC (HTS-SPC) for 5 days...
February 22, 2024: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Grace Power, Lisa Morrison, Ketan Kulkarni, Hudson Barr, Marsha Campbell-Yeo, Balpreet Singh, Alexandra Stratas, Carmen Landry, Michelle Higgins, Satvinder Ghotra
Iron supplementation is routinely recommended for breast-milk-fed preterm infants. However, the Canadian Pediatric Society recommends no additional iron supplementation for preterm infants fed primarily with iron-rich formula. Other pediatric societies don't provide specific guidance on supplemental iron for formula-fed preterm infants. This study investigated how feeding type influences iron status of very preterm infants at 4-6-months corrected age (CA). A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a population-based database on all very preterm infants (<31 weeks gestational age) born in Nova Scotia, Canada from 2005-2018...
January 30, 2024: Nutrients
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REVIEW
Giulia Catassi, Marina Aloi, Valentina Giorgio, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Cammarota, Gianluca Ianiro
The infant gut microbiome plays a key role in the healthy development of the human organism and appears to be influenced by dietary practices through multiple pathways. First, maternal diet during pregnancy and infant nutrition significantly influence the infant gut microbiota. Moreover, breastfeeding fosters the proliferation of beneficial bacteria, while formula feeding increases microbial diversity. The timing of introducing solid foods also influences gut microbiota composition. In preterm infants the gut microbiota development is influenced by multiple factors, including the time since birth and the intake of breast milk, and interventions such as probiotics and prebiotics supplementation show promising results in reducing morbidity and mortality in this population...
January 30, 2024: Nutrients
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REVIEW
Benjamin Momo Kadia, Stephen John Allen
Systemic inflammation plays a central role in many diseases and is, therefore, an important therapeutic target. In a scoping review, we assessed the evidence base for the anti-inflammatory effects of pre-, pro-, and synbiotics in children. Of the 1254 clinical trials published in English in Ovid Medline and Cochrane Library PubMed from January 2003 to September 2022, 29 were included in the review. In six studies of healthy children (n = 1552), one reported that fructo-oligosaccharides added to infant formula significantly reduced pro-inflammatory biomarkers, and one study of a single-strain probiotic reported both anti- and pro-inflammatory effects...
January 23, 2024: Nutrients
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