Sarbattama Sen1,2, Charis Benjamin1, Jennifer Riley3, Abigail Heleba4, Kaitlin Drouin1, Katherine Gregory1,2,3, Mandy Brown Belfort1,2. 1. 1 Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts. 2. 2 Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts. 3. 3 Department of Nursing, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts. 4. 4 Cornell University , College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, New York.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Banked donor milk (BDM) has historically been used as an alternative to formula for preterm infants. Recently, BDM has been endorsed by two national organizations for use in healthy infants. We sought to quantify utilization trends and characteristics of mothers and their healthy newborns who received BDM during their postpartum stay between 2013 and 2016 at a single academic medical center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this observational study, we used a clinical log to identify all infants who received BDM in the well-baby nursery between July 2013 and June 2016. From this log, we abstracted data on the numbers of babies who received BDM, the quantity of BDM provided, and indications for usage. We also collected clinical data from the medical records of a subset of corresponding mothers and infants. RESULTS: BDM utilization increased over time in healthy infants, with 0.04% of infants before July 2014 receiving BDM compared with 4.7% in July 2015 to June 2016. During the same periods, the number of bottles provided per infant also increased, from 0.6 bottles per infant to 4.6 bottles per infant. The most common indications for providing BDM were parent/caregiver request (19%) and excessive weight loss/dehydration (17%). CONCLUSION: At our center, the use of BDM for healthy infants increased substantially over the study period. More research is urgently needed to understand the repercussions of this practice on resource utilization as well as short- and long-term breastfeeding and health outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Banked donor milk (BDM) has historically been used as an alternative to formula for preterm infants. Recently, BDM has been endorsed by two national organizations for use in healthy infants. We sought to quantify utilization trends and characteristics of mothers and their healthy newborns who received BDM during their postpartum stay between 2013 and 2016 at a single academic medical center. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this observational study, we used a clinical log to identify all infants who received BDM in the well-baby nursery between July 2013 and June 2016. From this log, we abstracted data on the numbers of babies who received BDM, the quantity of BDM provided, and indications for usage. We also collected clinical data from the medical records of a subset of corresponding mothers and infants. RESULTS: BDM utilization increased over time in healthy infants, with 0.04% of infants before July 2014 receiving BDM compared with 4.7% in July 2015 to June 2016. During the same periods, the number of bottles provided per infant also increased, from 0.6 bottles per infant to 4.6 bottles per infant. The most common indications for providing BDM were parent/caregiver request (19%) and excessive weight loss/dehydration (17%). CONCLUSION: At our center, the use of BDM for healthy infants increased substantially over the study period. More research is urgently needed to understand the repercussions of this practice on resource utilization as well as short- and long-term breastfeeding and health outcomes.
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Keywords:
donor human milk; healthy newborns; well-baby nursery
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