Does human milk accelerate early enteral feeding advancement in VLBW infants

Background: Human milk (HM) is believed to improve feeding tolerance in very low birth weight VLBW infants compared to formula feeding thereby accelerating early enteral feeding advancement. Objective: Aim of the present secondary analysis of a controlled randomized trial was to investigated whether human milk accelerates early enteral feeding advancement compared to formula feeding. Methods: In 129 VLBW infants non-pasteurized HM was fed whenever available and fortification was started after 100ml/kg/day had been achieved. Early enteral feeding advancement was performed following a strict feeding protocol. If H…