Estefanía Martín-Álvarez, Javier Diaz-Castro, Manuela Peña-Caballero, Laura Serrano-López, Jorge Moreno-Fernández, Belen Sánchez-Martínez, Francisca Martín-Peregrina, Mercedes Alonso-Moya, José Maldonado-Lozano, Jose A Hurtado-Suazo, Julio J Ochoa
During the first days of life, premature infants have physiological difficulties swallowing, thereby missing out on the benefits of breastfeeding. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of oropharyngeal mother's milk administration in the inflammatory signaling of extremely premature infants. Neonates ( n = 100) (<32 week's gestation and/or <1500 g) were divided into two groups: mother's milk group ( n = 48), receiving 0.2 mL of oropharyngeal mother's milk every 4 h for the first 15 days of life, and a control group ( n = 52), not receiving oropharyngeal mother's milk...
February 5, 2020: Nutrients