Feeding Tolerance in Premature Infants Fed Fortified Human Milk

Author:

Moody Gloria J.12,Schanler Richard J.12,Lau Chantal1,Shulman Robert J.32

Affiliation:

1. Sections of Neonatology Houston Texas U.S.A.

2. Children's Nutrition Research Center Department of Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas U.S.A.

3. Pediatric Gastroenterology Houston Texas U.S.A.

Abstract

ABSTRACTBackground:To evaluate feeding tolerance in premature infants immediately after the addition of human milk fortifier (HMF) to their expressed human milk diet.Methods:Data on milk intake, feeding tolerance, and related assessments and growth milestones from a prospective study of feeding strategies in premature infants were analyzed. The database was searched for the first day HMF was added to the feeding of infants receiving human milk exclusively. The following assessments were tabulated for the 5 days before and the 5 days after the addition of HMF: milk intake, the number of episodes of abdominal distension, gastric residual volume (GRV) more than 2 ml/kg and more than 50% of the volume fed in the prior 3 hours, bile‐stained gastric residual, emesis or regurgitation, blood in the stool, the number of abdominal radiographs, the number of episodes of apnea and bradycardia, changes in findings in the clinical examination, and the number of hours feeding was withheld. The time to achieve full tube feeding, complete oral feeding, and hospital discharge were recorded.Results:Seventy‐six exclusively human milk–fed premature infants (birth weight, 1065 ± 18 g; gestational age, 27 ± 0.1 weeks; mean ± SEM) who received HMF beginning 22 ± 0.8 days of age were evaluated. There were significant increases in milk intake and in the number of episodes of GRV more than 2 ml/kg and emesis after the addition of HMF. There were no differences in the number of hours feeding was withheld or any other assessment after the addition of HMF. Infants with increases in GRV more than 2 ml/kg and/or emesis after the addition of HMF were not more likely to be delayed in the time to achieve full tube feeding, complete oral feeding, or hospital discharge than infants who did not experience these events.Conclusion:These data suggest that, when all feeding and related assessments and the time to achieve important growth milestones are considered, the addition of HMF does not adversely affect the outcome of the premature infant.

Funder

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Publisher

Wiley

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