Breast milk for infants who cannot breastfeed.
Controversy exists regarding feeding the preterm infant. Milk banks serve as one source of human milk for preterm infants. Milk banks are discussed in terms of the benefits of human milk, the potential hazards, and ways that milk banks are attempting to avoid those hazards. This article focuses on the feeding needs of preterm and sick infants. A brief history of artificial feeding and milk banks is presented.
Obstetric-Gynecologic Department, University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas.
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D001942:Breast Feeding; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism