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The Effect of a Continuous Milk Warming System on Feeding Tolerance and Growth Rates in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Treatment Guardian Milk Warmer (Medela TM) and Control for Very Low Birth Weight Infant and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 44 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study will compare if using a continuous milk warmer to warm breast milk compared to the standard method of warming breast milk in a hot water bath improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in infants born at 32 weeks gestation or less over a ten-day period. The standard method does not keep the breast milk at a consistent temperature during the feeding. A continuous milk warmer maintains the breast milk at body temperature throughout the feeding. It is unknown which method improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants.
Study Details
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Interventions
Infants were randomized to receive prepared syringes of breast milk via the continuous milk warmer (treatment arm)
Standard warming procedure of breast milk in syringe prior to feeding.