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Breast Feeding in Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge

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Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 503))

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Historically there is a high rate of failure to breastfeed preterm infants after hospital discharge. The purpose of this study was to determine breastfeeding rates 6 weeks after hospital discharge in 2 groups of infants --Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW, Bt Wt < 1500 gm) and Low Birth Weight (LBW, Bt Wt 1500–2000 gm). A previous study in 1987 showed a 20% breastfeeding rate at 6 weeks after hospital discharge.

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  1. General Clinical Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Patricia W. Green

  2. Student University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Lisette Jehn

  3. Nurse Manager Meriter Hospital SCN, 202 S. Park St., Madison, WI, USA

    Dare Desnoyers

  4. General Clinical Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Nanette Peterson

  5. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

    Frank Greer (Neonatologist)

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Margarett K. Davis

  2. New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, New York, USA

    Charles E. Isaacs

  3. University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden

    Lars Å. Hanson

  4. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Anne L. Wright

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Green, P.W., Jehn, L., Desnoyers, D., Peterson, N., Greer, F. (2002). Breast Feeding in Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge. In: Davis, M.K., Isaacs, C.E., Hanson, L.Å., Wright, A.L. (eds) Integrating Population Outcomes, Biological Mechanisms and Research Methods in the Study of Human Milk and Lactation. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 503. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0559-4_40

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