title: Safety and efficacy of human milk fortification for very-low-birthweight infants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Keli M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hawthorne
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abrams
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals; D002118:Calcium