Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pre-DBM (±SD) | Post-DBM (±SD) | Significance (p-Value) | |
---|---|---|---|
GA (weeks) | 27.59 ± 3.2 | 27.47 ± 5.0 | 0.19 |
Birth weight (g) | 964 ± 313 | 982 ± 308 | 0.39 |
DOL minimum feeds | 3.84 ± 3.3 | 2.69 ± 2.1 | 0.006 |
DOL full feeds | 24.88 ± 16.3 | 21.55 ± 18.9 | 0.290 |
Total TPN days | 24.30 ± 21.0 | 24.90 ± 18.4 | 0.416 |
RTBW (DOL) | 10.92 ± 4.3 | 9.55 ± 4.8 | 0.043 |
Weight gain (g/kg/day) | 20.35 ± 6.9 | 21.29 ± 13.8 | 0.086 |
Pre-DBM (n = 89) | Post-DBM (n = 99) | Significance (p-Value) | |
---|---|---|---|
Severe ROP, % | 8 (7) | 4 (4) | 0.23 |
BPD, % | 19 (17) | 28 (28) | 0.13 |
Severe IVH, % | 16 (14) | 8 (8) | 0.02 |
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Allana, A.; Lo, K.; Batool, M.; Hand, I. Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population. Children 2022, 9, 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111639
Allana A, Lo K, Batool M, Hand I. Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population. Children. 2022; 9(11):1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111639
Chicago/Turabian StyleAllana, Ahreen, Kahmun Lo, Myra Batool, and Ivan Hand. 2022. "Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population" Children 9, no. 11: 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111639
APA StyleAllana, A., Lo, K., Batool, M., & Hand, I. (2022). Impact of Donor Human Milk in an Urban NICU Population. Children, 9(11), 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9111639