Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 I forgot who asked about the Childbirth News Newsletter, but here's one...You can by going to Childbearingyears_news- Warmly, Allison --- The Sempek Quiver <titus2quiver wrote: > " Childbearing Years News List " > <Childbearingyears_news > > " The Sempek Quiver " > <titus2quiver > Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:59:20 -0500 > [Childbearingyears_news] The Effect of > Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity of Very > Low-Birth-Weight Infants > > Vol. 157 No. 1, > January 2003 > > > Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine > > The Effect of Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity of > Very Low-Birth-Weight > Infants > > > Lydia Furman, MD; Gerry Taylor, PhD; Nori Minich, > BS; Maureen Hack, MB ChB > > > Objective To examine the dose effect of maternal > milk on neonatal morbidity > of very low-birth-weight (<1.5 kg) infants. > > Design Prospective observational study. > > Setting An urban tertiary care neonatal intensive > care unit and follow-up > clinic. > > Population One hundred nineteen singleton very > low-birth-weight infants > admitted from January 1, 1997, to February 14, 1999 > (mean birth weight, 1056 > g; mean gestational age, 28 weeks; 57% male; and 43% > white). > > Methods A comparison of the effect on neonatal > outcomes of daily graded > doses (1-24, 25-49, and 50 mL/kg of body weight) of > maternal milk through > week 4 of life vs a reference group receiving no > maternal milk. > > Main Outcome Measures Neonatal outcomes examined > included rates of sepsis > after age 5 days, retinopathy of prematurity, > chronic lung disease, > necrotizing enterocolitis, jaundice, duration of > ventilator dependence, and > length of hospital stay. > > Results Seventy-nine infants (66%) received > maternal milk, of whom 32 > received at least 50 mL/kg per day through week 4 of > life. Poisson > regression analysis adjusting for birth weight, sex, > and ethnicity revealed > that the mean number of episodes of sepsis for > infants receiving at least 50 > mL/kg per day was lower by a factor of 0.27 (95% > confidence interval, > 0.08-0.95) compared with infants receiving no > maternal milk. There was no > effect of maternal milk on other neonatal outcomes. > > Conclusions A daily threshold amount of at least 50 > mL/kg of maternal milk > through week 4 of life is needed to decrease the > rate of sepsis in very > low-birth-weight infants, but maternal milk does not > affect other neonatal > morbidities. > > Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:66-71 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Wan't this group about recipes and not childbirth? Look whos talking now Allison Nations <allyanne2001 wrote: I forgot who asked about the Childbirth NewsNewsletter, but here's one...You can bygoing toChildbearingyears_news- Warmly,Allison--- The Sempek Quiver <titus2quiverwrote:> "Childbearing Years News List"> <Childbearingyears_news >> "The Sempek Quiver"> <titus2quiver> Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:59:20 -0500> [Childbearingyears_news] The Effect of> Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity of Very> Low-Birth-Weight Infants> > Vol. 157 No. 1,> January 2003> > > Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine> > The Effect of Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity of> Very Low-Birth-Weight> Infants> > > Lydia Furman, MD; Gerry Taylor, PhD; Nori Minich,> BS; Maureen Hack, MB ChB> > > Objective To examine the dose effect of maternal> milk on neonatal morbidity> of very low-birth-weight (<1.5 kg) infants.> > Design Prospective observational study.> > Setting An urban tertiary care neonatal intensive> care unit and follow-up> clinic.> > Population One hundred nineteen singleton very> low-birth-weight infants> admitted from January 1, 1997, to February 14, 1999> (mean birth weight, 1056> g; mean gestational age, 28 weeks; 57% male; and 43%> white).> > Methods A comparison of the effect on neonatal> outcomes of daily graded> doses (1-24, 25-49, and 50 mL/kg of body weight) of> maternal milk through> week 4 of life vs a reference group receiving no> maternal milk.> > Main Outcome Measures Neonatal outcomes examined> included rates of sepsis> after age 5 days, retinopathy of prematurity,> chronic lung disease,> necrotizing enterocolitis, jaundice, duration of> ventilator dependence, and> length of hospital stay.> > Results Seventy-nine infants (66%) received> maternal milk, of whom 32> received at least 50 mL/kg per day through week 4 of> life. Poisson> regression analysis adjusting for birth weight, sex,> and ethnicity revealed> that the mean number of episodes of sepsis for> infants receiving at least 50> mL/kg per day was lower by a factor of 0.27 (95%> confidence interval,> 0.08-0.95) compared with infants receiving no> maternal milk. There was no> effect of maternal milk on other neonatal outcomes.> > Conclusions A daily threshold amount of at least 50> mL/kg of maternal milk> through week 4 of life is needed to decrease the> rate of sepsis in very> low-birth-weight infants, but maternal milk does not> affect other neonatal> morbidities.> > Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:66-71> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been> removed]> > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.http://mailplus.contact owner: -owner Mail list: Delivered-mailing list List-Un: - no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowedcontact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you.please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 SOmeone spefically asked for a link to this newsletter. No one specifically asked for your lunical, nonsensical, freaked - out ravings. Warmly, Allison --- Irish Veggie <an_irish_vegetarian wrote: > > Wan't this group about recipes and not childbirth? > Look whos talking now > Allison Nations <allyanne2001 wrote:I > forgot who asked about the Childbirth News > Newsletter, but here's one...You can by > going to > Childbearingyears_news- > Warmly, > Allison > > --- The Sempek Quiver <titus2quiver > wrote: > > " Childbearing Years News List " > > <Childbearingyears_news > > > " The Sempek Quiver " > > <titus2quiver > > Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:59:20 -0500 > > [Childbearingyears_news] The Effect of > > Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity of Very > > Low-Birth-Weight Infants > > > > Vol. 157 No. 1, > > January 2003 > > > > > > Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine > > > > The Effect of Maternal Milk on Neonatal Morbidity > of > > Very Low-Birth-Weight > > Infants > > > > > > Lydia Furman, MD; Gerry Taylor, PhD; Nori > Minich, > > BS; Maureen Hack, MB ChB > > > > > > Objective To examine the dose effect of maternal > > milk on neonatal morbidity > > of very low-birth-weight (<1.5 kg) infants. > > > > Design Prospective observational study. > > > > Setting An urban tertiary care neonatal intensive > > care unit and follow-up > > clinic. > > > > Population One hundred nineteen singleton very > > low-birth-weight infants > > admitted from January 1, 1997, to February 14, > 1999 > > (mean birth weight, 1056 > > g; mean gestational age, 28 weeks; 57% male; and > 43% > > white). > > > > Methods A comparison of the effect on neonatal > > outcomes of daily graded > > doses (1-24, 25-49, and 50 mL/kg of body weight) > of > > maternal milk through > > week 4 of life vs a reference group receiving no > > maternal milk. > > > > Main Outcome Measures Neonatal outcomes examined > > included rates of sepsis > > after age 5 days, retinopathy of prematurity, > > chronic lung disease, > > necrotizing enterocolitis, jaundice, duration of > > ventilator dependence, and > > length of hospital stay. > > > > Results Seventy-nine infants (66%) received > > maternal milk, of whom 32 > > received at least 50 mL/kg per day through week 4 > of > > life. Poisson > > regression analysis adjusting for birth weight, > sex, > > and ethnicity revealed > > that the mean number of episodes of sepsis for > > infants receiving at least 50 > > mL/kg per day was lower by a factor of 0.27 (95% > > confidence interval, > > 0.08-0.95) compared with infants receiving no > > maternal milk. There was no > > effect of maternal milk on other neonatal > outcomes. > > > > Conclusions A daily threshold amount of at least > 50 > > mL/kg of maternal milk > > through week 4 of life is needed to decrease the > > rate of sepsis in very > > low-birth-weight infants, but maternal milk does > not > > affect other neonatal > > morbidities. > > > > Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:66-71 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > > > Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus. > > contact owner: -owner > Mail list: > Delivered-mailing list > > List-Un: > - > > no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed > contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list > > or anything else. Thank you. > please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this > list > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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