Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm babies
EBN Podcast
English - April 02, 2019 18:23 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScience Health & Fitness Medicine ebn online evidence based nursing practice health care advanced nurse Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What advice for families when breastfeeding is not an option in neonatal units? The study discussed in this podcast highlights that formula milk offers short-term benefits but may not result in any long-term benefits for growth or development over donor breast milk. The paper also concluded that formula milk appears to significantly increase risk of necrotising enterocolitis.
Read the full commentary on the Evidence-Based Nursing website:
https://ebn.bmj.com/content/22/1/18
Commentary on: “Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants”. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018;6:CD002971.