Does supplemental donor milk instead of formula reduce infections in preterm infants?

Monday, May 2, 2016 - 13:50 in Health & Medicine

The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low-birth-weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during their first 10 days of life when their own mother's milk was not sufficiently available, according to an article.

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