Safety and efficacy of human milk fortification for very-low-birthweight infants

Keli M Hawthorne; Steven A Abrams

doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00020.x

Safety and efficacy of human milk fortification for very-low-birthweight infants

Nutr Rev. 2004 Dec;62(12):482-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00020.x.

Authors

Keli M Hawthorne¹, Steven A Abrams

Affiliation

¹ US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. kelih@bcm.tmc.edu

PMID: 15648823
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00020.x

Abstract

For full-term infants in the first 6 months of life, exclusive breastfeeding remains the nutritional standard for calcium intake. However, unsupplemented human milk does not meet the nutritional requirements for growth of the very-low-birthweight (<1500 g) infant. Methods for human milk fortification have been evaluated, and recent studies have demonstrated the safety of these fortifiers.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Calcium / administration & dosage
Food, Fortified*
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature / growth & development
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / growth & development*
Milk, Human / chemistry*
Minerals / administration & dosage*
Nutritional Requirements
Safety

Substances

Minerals
Calcium