[tri-med] FYI - The Effect of Neonatal Maternal Milk Feeding on the Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

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J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2004 Aug;25(4):247-253.

The Effect of Neonatal Maternal Milk Feeding on the Neurodevelopmental Outcome 
of Very Low Birth Weight Infants.

Furman L, Wilson-Costello D, Friedman H, Taylor HG, Minich N, Hack M.

Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

ABSTRACT.: The effect of maternal milk feeding during the first 4 weeks of life 
on neurodevelopmental outcomes at 20 months corrected age (CA) of singleton 
very low birth weight (VLBW) (<1.5 kg) infants was examined. Ninety-eight VLBW 
infants born from January 1997 to February 1999 were followed to 20 months CA 
(mean birth weight, 1012 g; gestational age, 27 weeks). Maternal milk intake 
was calculated as both mean milliliters per kilogram per day and graded doses. 
Outcomes included the Bayley Mental Development Index (MDI) and Psychomotor 
Development Index (PDI), and rates of cerebral palsy (CP) and of overall 
neurodevelopmental impairment. After adjusting for neonatal and social risk, 
results revealed no effect of maternal milk on outcomes. MDI was predicted by 
both social and neonatal risk, and PDI, CP, and neurodevelopmental impairment 
were predicted by neonatal risk. In this small, high-risk group of VLBW 
infants, the effects of social and neonatal risk appear to outweigh any 
possible benefits of maternal milk on neurodevelopmental outcome.

PMID: 15308925 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] 
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