C Battersby1, R Marciano Alves Mousinho2, N Longford2, N Modi2. 1. Neonatal Data Analysis Unit, Department of Medicine, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK. Electronic address: c.battersby@imperial.ac.uk. 2. Neonatal Data Analysis Unit, Department of Medicine, Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, UK.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe the use of pasteurised human donor milk (pHDM) in England and the influence of a human milk bank in the network. DESIGN: Prospective observational study SETTING: All 163 neonatal units (23 networks) in England 2012-2013. PATIENTS: Preterm infants born at <32 weeks gestational age (GA). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of infants and care-days fed pHDM during the first 30 postnatal days by network METHODS: We extracted daily patient-level data from the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD). We fitted a logistic regression of pHDM exposure on the presence of a pHDM bank within the network, with GA, BW z score and network as covariates. Significance was assessed by the likelihood ratio (chi-squared) test. RESULTS: Data for 13,463 infants were included in the study. Across the networks, the proportion (95%CI) of infants ranged from 2.0% (1.0, 3.0) to 61.0% (57.4%, 64.6%), and the proportion of care-days in which pHDM was fed from 0.08% (0.04%, 0.10%) to 21.9% (19.9%, 24.0%). In three networks <5%, and in seven networks >30% of infants received any pHDM. Variation in the use of pHDM across networks remained significant after adjustment for presence of a human milk bank within the network and all covariates (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Wide variation of pHDM use in England is not fully explained by presence of a pHDM bank or patient characteristics. This suggests clinical uncertainty about the use of pHDM. Crown
OBJECTIVES: To describe the use of pasteurised human donor milk (pHDM) in England and the influence of a human milk bank in the network. DESIGN: Prospective observational study SETTING: All 163 neonatal units (23 networks) in England 2012-2013. PATIENTS: Preterm infants born at <32 weeks gestational age (GA). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of infants and care-days fed pHDM during the first 30 postnatal days by network METHODS: We extracted daily patient-level data from the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD). We fitted a logistic regression of pHDM exposure on the presence of a pHDM bank within the network, with GA, BW z score and network as covariates. Significance was assessed by the likelihood ratio (chi-squared) test. RESULTS: Data for 13,463 infants were included in the study. Across the networks, the proportion (95%CI) of infants ranged from 2.0% (1.0, 3.0) to 61.0% (57.4%, 64.6%), and the proportion of care-days in which pHDM was fed from 0.08% (0.04%, 0.10%) to 21.9% (19.9%, 24.0%). In three networks <5%, and in seven networks >30% of infants received any pHDM. Variation in the use of pHDM across networks remained significant after adjustment for presence of a human milk bank within the network and all covariates (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Wide variation of pHDM use in England is not fully explained by presence of a pHDM bank or patient characteristics. This suggests clinical uncertainty about the use of pHDM. Crown
Authors: Wesam Alyahya; Debbie Barnett; Andrew Cooper; Ada L Garcia; Christine A Edwards; David Young; Judith H Simpson Journal: Int Breastfeed J Date: 2019-09-02 Impact factor: 3.461