Dereddy Narendra R, Talati Ajay J, Smith Ashley, Kudumula Ravi, Dhanireddy Ramasubbareddy
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
J Hum Lact. 2015 Feb;31(1):43-6. doi: 10.1177/0890334414554619. Epub 2014 Oct 17.
Breast milk feeding has advantages over formula feeding in premature infants, but its use in them is low. We initiated measures in our inner-city hospital such as starting a dedicated lactation service, counseling the mothers prenatally and postnatally, educating hospital staff, and advocating with our state's Medicaid insurance to provide free home breast pumps. These measures were associated with improvement in our breast milk feeding rates in very low birth weight infants from 22% to 88% over 5 years. This article describes our multipronged approach and can help encourage and guide other units with similar demographics to improve their breast milk feeding rates.
母乳喂养对早产儿的益处优于配方奶喂养,但在早产儿中的使用率较低。我们在市中心医院采取了一系列措施,比如启动专门的泌乳服务、在产前和产后为母亲提供咨询、对医院工作人员进行培训,以及与本州的医疗补助保险机构沟通,争取为产妇提供免费的家用吸奶器。这些措施使得我们医院极低出生体重儿的母乳喂养率在5年内从22%提高到了88%。本文介绍了我们的多管齐下的方法,有助于鼓励和指导其他具有相似人口统计学特征的单位提高母乳喂养率。