Feeding premature infants banked human milk homogenized by ultrasonic treatment.
Premature neonates fed ultrasonically homogenized human milk had better weight gain and triceps skin-fold thickness than did a control group given untreated human milk (p < 0.01) and also had lower fat loss during tube feeding (p < 0.01). Ultrasonic homogenization of human milk appears to minimize loss of fat and thus allows better growth of premature infants.
Rayol
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Department of Pediatrics, University of São Paulo Medical School at Ribeirão Prêto, Brazil.
Martinez
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Jorge
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Gonçalves
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Desai
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D005511:Food Handling; D005519:Food Preservation; D006801:Humans; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development*; D008895:Milk, Human