Greetings All,

Three new human milk studies and one review article on mercury in HM:


From Morocco:

Title:  Total, organic, and inorganic mercury in human breast milk: levels and maternal factors of exposure, systematic literature review, 1976-2017.

In:  Critical Reviews in Toxicology 2019 Feb 19:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10408444.2019.1571010. [Epub ahead of print]

Authors:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408444.2019.1571010?journalCode=itxc20

Abstract only:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408444.2019.1571010?scroll=top&needAccess=true


From Brazil:  

Title:  Development of a human milk concentrate with human milk lyophilizate for feeding very low birth weight preterm infants: A preclinical experimental study.

In:  PLoS One 2019 Feb 20;14(2):e0210999. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210999. eCollection 2019.

Authors:  Oliveira MM, Aragon DC, Bomfim VS, Trevilato TMB, Alves LG, Heck AR, Martinez FE, Camelo JS Jr.

Full text:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0210999


From Switzerland:

Title:  Quantification of Vitamins A, E, and K and Carotenoids in Submilliliter Volumes of Human Milk.

In:  Journal of AOAC International 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.19-0016. [Epub ahead of print]

Authors:  Levêques A, Oberson JM, Tissot EA, Redeuil K, Thakkar SK, Campos-Giménez E.

Abstract only:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30786951


From China:  

Title:  The data and characteristics of the human milk banks in mainland China.

In:  World Journal of Pediatrics 2019 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s12519-019-00226-6. [Epub ahead of print]

Authors:  Liu XH, Han SP, Wei QF, Zheng FY, Zhang T, Chen HM, Mao M; National Human Milk Bank Group, Children Health of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association; Group of Child Health Care, Society of Pediatrics, Chinese Medical Association.

Abstract:  
"BACKGROUND: Human milk banks (HMB) have been established for over 100 years in North America and Europe. This study aimed to describe and summarize the operation and characteristics of the HMBs in mainland China since the first nonprofit HMB operated in 2013. METHODS:
Operation of HMB in mainland China is based on the standards and guidelines of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America and some countries in Europe and was modified to meet the needs and circumstances in China such as donation only in the local HMB by medical staff. We reviewed the descriptive data of these 14 HMBs and the clinical characteristics of recipients, the eligible milk donors and the donor milk retrospectively. RESULTS: In mainland China, from March 2013 to December 2016, 14 nonprofit HMBs were developed and operational in public hospitals except one and located in the south, east, north and northwest of mainland China. In total, 2680 eligible donors donated 4608.2 L of breast milk. The mean age of these donors was 29.4 years with 60.6% receiving college education and 90.6% term delivery. A total of 4678 recipients including preterm infants (n = 2990, 63.9%), feeding intolerance (n = 711, 15.2%), maternal illness (n = 345, 7.4%), serious infection (n = 314, 6.7%), necrotising enterocolitis (n = 244, 5.2%), post-surgery (n = 38, 0.8%) and others (n = 36, 0.8%). The rate of discarded raw milk was only 4.4% because of hepatitis B and C or cytomegalovirus positivity.  CONCLUSIONS: HMB has been developing rapidly in mainland China. Donor human milk was used not only for preterm infants but also for other ill children. But the sustainability of milk banking needs proper management and more financial support by relative health authorities and the government."

Abstract only:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30796730

With kind regards,

Debbie

Debra Swank, RN BSN IBCLC
Program Director
More Than Reflexes Education
Ocala, Florida USA
http://www.morethanreflexes.org

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