LACTATION PERIOD AND OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HUMAN MILK MACRONUTRIENTS COMPOSITION

  • Ieva Jūra Paulavičienė
  • Arūnas Liubšys
  • Laima Tamulienė
  • Rimutė Vaitkevičienė
  • Alma Molytė
  • Vytautas Usonis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37499/LAG.180
Keywords: human milk, macronutrients, lactation period, preterm infant, gestational age, newborn gender, mode of delivery

Abstract

Humanmilk is unique not only because of its composition, but also due to the constant changes in its content, adapting to the individual needs of the newborn. The article describes a 2,5-year study of the composition of humanmilk performed at theNeonatologyCenter of Vilnius UniversityHospital Santaros Clinics, analyzes the factors influencing the composition of human milk and the possible clinical significance of changes in human milk composition.

Author Biographies

Ieva Jūra Paulavičienė

Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine Department of Neonatology, Vilnius University hospital Santaros Klinikos Centre of Neonatology 

Arūnas Liubšys

Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine Department of Neonatology, Vilnius University hospital Santaros Klinikos Centre of Neonatology 

Laima Tamulienė

Vilnius University hospital Santaros Klinikos Centre of Neonatology 

Rimutė Vaitkevičienė

Vilnius University hospital Santaros Klinikos Centre of Neonatology 

Alma Molytė

Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Institute of Biomedicine Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Faculty of Fundamental Sciences Department of Information Systems

 

Vytautas Usonis

Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Institute of Clinical Medicine Department of Neonatology

Published
2020-09-25
Issue
Vol 23 No 3 (2020)
Section
Scientific articles