Formula versus donor breast milk for feeding preterm or low birth weight infants
Maria Quigley, Nicholas D. Embleton, William McGuire
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Abstract
In preterm and LBW infants, feeding with formula compared with donor breast milk, either as a supplement to maternal expressed breast milk or as a sole diet, results in higher rates of weight gain, linear growth, and head growth and a higher risk of developing necrotising enterocolitis. The trial data do not show an effect on all-cause mortality, or on long-term growth or neurodevelopment.
Extracted Claims
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formula results in higher risk of developing necrotising enterocolitis
“In preterm and LBW infants, feeding with formula compared with donor breast milk, either as a supplement to maternal expressed breast milk or as a sole diet, results in higher rates of weight gain, li...”
formula results in higher rates of weight gain, linear growth, and head growth
“In preterm and LBW infants, feeding with formula compared with donor breast milk, either as a supplement to maternal expressed breast milk or as a sole diet, results in higher rates of weight gain, li...”
formula results in higher rates of weight gain, linear growth, and head growth
“In preterm and LBW infants, feeding with formula compared with donor breast milk, either as a supplement to maternal expressed breast milk or as a sole diet, results in higher rates of weight gain, li...”