Background Breast milk nutrient content varies with prematurity and postnatal age. Our aims
were to conduct a meta-analysis of preterm and term breast milk nutrient content (energy …

Interest and information concerning the biological roles of taurine have greatly increased
during the last 20 years. This simple aminosulfonic acid has been shown to be an essential …

Intended to be a practical, comprehensive, and current source of information on pediatric
support. Topics discussed include breastfeeding; formula feeding of term infants; …

Background. In a large-scale study of feeding strategies in premature infants (early vs later
initiation of enteral feeding, continuous vs bolus tube-feeding, and human milk vs formula) …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The primary objective of this study was to investigate the
composition of breast milk of mothers with extremely preterm infants (< 28 weeks) for their …

The crying pattern of normal infants in industrialized societies is characterized by an overall
increase until 6 weeks of age followed by a decline until 4 months of age with a …

Achieving appropriate growth and nutrient accretion of preterm and low birth weight (LBW)
infants is often difficult during hospitalization because of metabolic and gastrointestinal …

Both fat digestion and product absorption are different in newborn infants compared to
adults; other lipases are used for digestion and different physical–chemical phases may be …

Milk was collected from mothers of 18 very premature (26 to 30 wk gestation age), 28
premature (31 to 36 wk), and six term (37+ wk) infants on day 2 to 3 (colostrum), and at 1, 3 …

Breastfeeding benefits preterm infants from a nutritional, gastrointestinal, immunological,
developmental, and psychological perspective. Despite the benefits, the incidence and …