Evidence · Randomised trial
Growth and Tolerance of Preterm Infants Fed a New Extensively Hydrolyzed Liquid Human Milk Fortifier.
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Enteral feeding
- Growth
- Medical
- Nursing
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
This paper is from 2015, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
This unblinded multicentre randomised non-inferiority trial compared a concentrated liquid human milk fortifier containing extensively hydrolysed protein with a standard powdered intact-protein fortifier in preterm infants of 33 weeks' gestation or less receiving human milk. Infants were studied from the start of fortification until day 29 or discharge. Weight gain was non-inferior with the liquid fortifier, and strict protocol followers showed greater weight and linear growth alongside higher protein intake. Both fortifiers were reported as well tolerated with low morbidity.
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