Human Milk Reduces Outpatient Upper Respiratory Symptoms in Premature Infants During Their First Year of Life
Open Access
- 27 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Perinatology
- Vol. 22 (5), 354-359
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210742
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if ingestion of human milk after discharge reduces symptoms of infections in premature infants. STUDY DESIGN: Follow-up of 39 infants with birth weights pp<0.025). CONCLUSION: Ingestion of human milk post discharge is associated with a reduction of upper respiratory symptoms in premature infants during their first year of life.Keywords
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