Investigation of the Effect of Human Milk Expression Techniques on Milk Content: A Systematic Review.
J Trop Pediatr
; 67(6)2021 12 08.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-34971400
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
If the mother and infant cannot meet after birth, it is recommended to express milk and give it to the infant. There was evidence indicating that there might be decrease in essential nutrient values in human milk content depending on the expression technique in literature. The goal of this systematic review was to investigate the effect of human milk expression techniques on the macronutrient milk content and establish an evidence base for future studies.METHODS:
Studies investigating the effect of human milk expression techniques on milk content were reviewed without year limitations. A literature review was conducted in six electronic databases (MEDLINE, Web of Science, PubMed, ScienceDirect, CINAHL and Cochrane) until 30 May 2021, using the keywords of breast milk expression techniques, milk content and breast milk pumping.RESULTS:
From 258 articles initially screened, we included 6 articles in the systematic review. The fat, protein and lactose content of human milk was analyzed in the studies reviewed. It was concluded that there was no significant effect on the protein (9.7-9.8 g/dl and 2.1-2.1 g/dl, respectively) and lactose (6.50-6.53% and 6.1-6.1 g/dl, respectively) content of milk. However, the fat (58.30, 48.81g/l; 2.6-2.2 g/dl) content was affected.CONCLUSIONS:
This study investigated the effect of milk expression techniques on the macronutrient content of human milk, and it was concluded that there was no significant effect on the protein and carbohydrate content of milk. However, the fat content was affected. Limitation of this study is that some factors that might affect the content of human milk were not standardized sufficiently in the included studies.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nutrients
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Milk, Human
Type of study:
Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
En
Journal:
J Trop Pediatr
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey