Safety and efficacy of human milk fortification for very-low-birthweight infants.
For full-term infants in the first 6 months of life, exclusive breastfeeding remains the nutritional standard for calcium intake. However, unsupplemented human milk does not meet the nutritional requirements for growth of the very-low-birthweight (<1500 g) infant. Methods for human milk fortification have been evaluated, and recent studies have demonstrated the safety of these fortifiers.
Hawthorne
Keli M
KM
US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. kelih@bcm.tmc.edu
Abrams
Steven A
SA
D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D008903:Minerals / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012449:Safety
D008903:Minerals; D002118:Calcium