Formula milk versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants.

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BACKGROUND: When sufficient maternal breast milk is not available, the alternative sources of enteral nutrition for preterm or low birth weight infants are donor breast milk or artificial formula milk. Feeding preterm or low birth weight infants with formula milk might increase nutrient input and growth rates. However, since feeding with formula milk may be associated with a higher incidence of feeding intolerance and necrotising enterocolitis, this may adversely affect growth and development...

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Authors: Quigley, M; Henderson, G; Anthony, M; McGuire, W

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 4
• Pages: CD002971
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd002971.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Enteral Nutrition; Humans; Milk, Human; Infant Formula; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Infant, Premature; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn