Willemijn E Corpeleijn, Marita de Waard, Viola Christmann, Johannes B van Goudoever, Marijke C Jansen-van der Weide, Elisabeth M W Kooi, Jan F Koper, Stefanie M P Kouwenhoven, Hendrik N Lafeber, Elise Mank, Letty van Toledo, Marijn J Vermeulen, Ineke van Vliet, Diny van Zoeren-Grobben
IMPORTANCE: Infections and necrotizing enterocolitis, major causes of mortality and morbidity in preterm infants, are reduced in infants fed their own mother's milk when compared with formula. When own mother's milk is not available, human donor milk is considered a good alternative, albeit an expensive one. However, most infants at modern neonatal intensive care units are predominantly fed with own mother's milk. The benefits of add-on donor milk over formula are not clear. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether providing donor milk instead of formula as supplemental feeding whenever own mother's milk is insufficiently available during the first 10 days of life reduces the incidence of serious infection, necrotizing enterocolitis, and mortality...
July 1, 2016: JAMA Pediatrics