[tri-med] Re: 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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