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Danielle Ackley1, Jiamin Yin2, Carl D'Angio3
1Division of Neonatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA. danielle_ackley@urmc.rochester.edu.
Objective:
In 2017, our Level IV NICU switched from providing bovine-derived (BOV-fort) to human milk-derived fortifiers (HM-fort) and donor human milk (DHM) to premature infants born ≤ 30 weeks or ≤1250 g. Following this change, providers anecdotally observed increased hypoglycemia, hypercalcemia, and hyperphosphatemia. This study investigated potential laboratory differences between infants fed Bovine vs. Human milk derived fortifier.
Methods:
Lab measurements from 402 infants (232 BOV-fort, 170 HM-fort) born between 2015 and 2019 were compared between groups.
Results:
The proportion of infants ever having a blood glucose ≤ 45 mg/dL (p < 0.0001) was higher in the HM-fort group. The proportion of infants ever experiencing a phosphorus > 8.0 mg/dL were higher in the HM-fort group (p < 0.0001). The proportion of infants ever experiencing calcium > 11.4 mg/dL was higher in the HM-Fort group (p = 0.019).
Conclusions:
Provision of HM-Fort and DHM to extremely premature infants is associated with metabolic derangements.
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