Tag Archives: Nutrition

Metabolic bone disease of prematurity

Posted on May 10, 2022 by oliviaschaff

The incidence of metabolic bone disease (MBD) of prematurity is as high as 23% of very low-birthweight infants and as high as 55% of extremely low-birthweight infants, but a lack of consensus in diagnostic criteria makes the actual incidence difficult … Continue reading →

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Prenatal provider breastfeeding toolkit: results of a pilot to increase women’s prenatal breastfeeding support, intentions, and outcomes

Posted on March 15, 2022 by oliviaschaff

Breastfeeding rates for United States women with lower incomes fall below the government’s Healthy People 2020 Goals. Breastfeeding recommendations combined with support from providers and peer counselors help women decide to begin and sustain breastfeeding, but peer counselor uptake is … Continue reading →

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Effectiveness of feeding supplementation in preterm infants: an overview of systematic reviews

Posted on January 5, 2022 by annabelleinster

Preterm infants have higher nutrition needs than term infants. The effectiveness of various feeding supplementation was assessed by the improvement of health outcomes in single specific systematic reviews (SRs). The aim of this review was to comprehensively describe the effectiveness … Continue reading →

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Increase of human milk fat inducing nutritional ketosis in exclusively breastfed infant, brought about by treating the mother with ketogenic dietary therapy

Posted on December 6, 2021 by oliviasschaff

Medicalized Ketogenic Therapy is commonly used to treat refractory epilepsy. Patients have varying degrees of seizure or symptom relief, responding at individual levels of ketone production. Typically, initiating the therapy necessitates the discontinuation of breastfeeding. Our case study mother was … Continue reading →

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Influence of homogenization in the physicochemical quality of human milk and fat retention in gastric tubes

Posted on August 16, 2021 by oliviaschaff

The retention of human milk nutrients in gastric tubes used to feed premature infants is a challenge to be overcome. Research aims: The influence of different levels and times of homogenization on reducing fat retention of human milk in probes … Continue reading →

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