Sertac Arslanoglu, Clair-Yves Boquien, Caroline King, Delphine Lamireau, Paola Tonetto, Debbie Barnett, Enrico Bertino, Antoni Gaya, Corinna Gebauer, Anne Grovslien, Guido E Moro, Gillian Weaver, Aleksandra Maria Wesolowska, Jean-Charles Picaud
Evidence indicates that human milk (HM) is the best form of nutrition uniquely suited not only to term but also to preterm infants conferring health benefits in both the short and long-term. However, HM does not provide sufficient nutrition for the very low birth weight (VLBW) infant when fed at the usual feeding volumes leading to slow growth with the risk of neurocognitive impairment and other poor health outcomes such as retinopathy and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. HM should be supplemented (fortified) with the nutrients in short supply, particularly with protein, calcium, and phosphate to meet the high requirements of this group of babies...
2019: Frontiers in Pediatrics