PMID: 2492597Feb 1, 1989Paper

Human milk and the rate of small intestinal mucosal recovery in protracted diarrhea

The Journal of Pediatrics
R J ShulmanB L Nichols

Abstract

To determine whether human milk accelerates the recovery rate of injured small intestinal mucosa. Randomized, controlled trial. County and nonprofit, private urban hospitals. Moderately to severely malnourished infants less than 6 months of age who required parenteral nutrition for treatment of protracted diarrhea. Either a human milk preparation (n = 7) or sterile water (n = 9) was administered by continuous nasogastric feeding (14 mL/kg/d) over a 2-week study period while the infants received parenteral nutrition. Small intestine perfusion studies and biopsies were performed at the beginning and end of the study. Age, duration of prior illness, severity of malnutrition, glucose and water absorption, disaccharidase activities, atrophy of villi, and nutritional intake were comparable in both groups of infants. At the end of the 2-week study, improvement toward normal sucrase activity and intraepithelial lymphocytes was found in significantly fewer infants in the milk group than in the water group. No differences were noted in glucose and water absorption or in lactase and maltase activities as a function of the milk versus water treatment. Human milk did not accelerate functional recovery of the small intestinal mucosa.

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May 1, 1978·Archives of Disease in Childhood·J Walker-SmithN France
Dec 1, 1985·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition·R T CalvinB L Nichols
Mar 1, 1984·Archives of Disease in Childhood·P I Macfarlane, V Miller
Mar 1, 1983·Acta paediatrica Scandinavica·A LucasA Aynsley-Green
Dec 1, 1984·Clinical Nutrition : Official Journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·R C Williamson

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Oct 1, 1995·The Journal of Pediatrics·R J ShulmanC Ou
Apr 28, 2007·JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition·Woodae Kang, Kenneth A Kudsk
Jan 1, 1996·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition·Z A Bhutta, K M Hendricks

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