Publications by authors named "Serke L"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the impact of different feeding practices on infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in a neonatal intensive care unit over three years.
- Researchers conducted a retrospective review of 70 NAS infants, categorizing them based on feeding types: maternal breast milk, standard term formula, low lactose formula, and extensively hydrolyzed formula.
- Results showed that feeding choices were influenced by providers and that standard term formula-fed infants had shorter hospital stays and no need for medication, while those on extensively hydrolyzed formula had longer treatments despite all groups showing healthy growth.
Case Report of Sepsis in Neonates Fed Expressed Mother's Milk.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs
April 2018
Mother's milk is the recommended food for premature infants cared for in the NICU. In the cases presented in this article, mothers pumped their milk into food-grade aseptic plastic containers. Milk was refrigerated before use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective of this study is to determine whether the use of donor human milk (DHM) in very low birth weight (VLBW, ⩽1500 g) neonates in a large neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) affected the rate of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or impacted growth.
Study Design: This was a retrospective chart review of 550 VLBW neonates following the introduction of DHM as the preferred diet if maternal breast milk (MBM) was not available. Demographics, growth parameters, incidence of NEC or death and days of DHM or MBM were extracted from charts.