None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The use of the novel teat to feed expressed breastmilk when mother not available to breastfeed preterm baby resulted in a shorter length of stay in hospital (2.5 days corrected for gestational age at discharge (p=0.026) and weight (p=0.006). Infants in the novel teat group had less formula feeding a discharge (novel 35%, control 16%, p=0.036) but otherwise did not differ in respect to feeding.
Interventions
novel teat that releases milk only when the infant sucks with sufficient vacuum to release valve. The teat was offered only when mother was not available to breastfeed and when a bottle feed was scheduled, until discharge from hospital. Mother's expressed breastmilk was the feed of choice. Pastuerised donor human milk was available for those infants < 34 weeks gestation as an alternative and for those > 34 weeks, gestation, preterm formula was used when mother's expressed breastmilk was not avai
novel teat that releases milk only when the infant sucks with sufficient vacuum to release valve. The teat was offered only when mother was not available to breastfeed and when a bottle feed was scheduled, until discharge from hospital. Mother's expressed breastmilk was the feed of choice. Pastuerised donor human milk was available for those infants < 34 weeks gestation as an alternative and for those > 34 weeks, gestation, preterm formula was used when mother's expressed breastmilk was not available.
Sponsors
Women's and Newborns' health service, WA
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
3 Days to 2 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
preterm infants born at 25-34 weeks gestation at King Edward Hospital, Perth, and whose mothers intended to breastfeed
Exclusion criteria
congenital anomalies, grade 4 intraventricular haemorrhage or preiventricular malacia, oral anomaliess(tongue tie, cleft palate).
Outcome results
None listed