title: Fortification of human milk in very low birth weight infants (VLBW <1500 g birth weight).
abstract: The American Academy of Pediatrics supports the feeding of human milk for all infants. Very-low-birth-weight and extremely low-birth-weight infants especially can benefit from the immune and neurodevelopmental effects of human milk. However, human milk alone is nutritionally inadequate for the rapid growth of the very-low-birth-weight infant during a critical window for brain development and requires fortification to meet current recommendations. There are a variety of products, devices, and strategies that can be used to fine tune nutritional support of these very vulnerable infants.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 571 South Floyd Street, Suite 342, Louisville, KY 40202-3830, USA.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Adamkin
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Nutrition Research Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, 511 South Floyd Street, Room 107, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. Electronic address: paula.radmacher@louisville.edu.
authors.forename: Paula G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Radmacher
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development*; D008895:Milk, Human; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Human milk fortification; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neurodevelopment; Postnatal growth restriction; Preterm human milk; Very low birth weight infants