Direct Feeding at the Breast Is Associated with Breast Milk Feeding Duration among Preterm Infants.

Shiran Pinchevski-Kadir Shir Shust-Barequet Michal Zajicek Mira Leibovich Tzipora Strauss Leah Leibovitch Iris Morag

Published in: Nutrients (2017)

Direct feeding at the breast and duration of exclusive BMF are associated with duration of BMF among infants born <32 weeks of gestational age (GA). These findings suggest that targeting these two factors may play a key role in prolonging BMF duration among preterm infants.

Keyphrases

gestational age
preterm infants
low birth weight
birth weight
preterm birth
cancer therapy
body mass index
drug delivery