Adaptations of milk in mothers of premature newborns

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Emerson Pinheiro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Moraes, Cesar Henrique de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/san/article/view/8658349
• topic: Leche materna; Pretérmino; Hacia adelante; Proteína; Lípidos; Calcio; Leite materno; Pré-termo; A termo; Proteína; Lipídeos; Cálcio; Breast milk; Preterm; Term; Protein; Lipids; Calcium

Despite the importance of proteins (PTN), lipids (LIP) and calcium (Ca) in the development of newborns, some gaps about the possible differences in the milk of full-term mothers (LMAT) compared to milk of preterm mothers (LMPT) need to be clarified. The objective of this study is to characterize the physiological and nutritional adaptations by comparing the LMAT with the LMPT, specifically in relation to PTN, LIP or Ca content. For this purpose, a narrative review was performed on Google Academic and PubMed, from 2004 to 2020, regarding languages in Portuguese and English.  Inclusion criteria were articles and theses that discussed the nutritional composition of milk considering LIP, PTN or Ca content. The following free terms were correlated to the research: breast milk, preterm, term, protein, lipids and calcium. In conclusion, the set of studies shows that there is variation in the content of PTN and LIP when comparing LMPT to LMAT, which occurs possibly due to the different needs of babies for each situation. Additionally, there is a lack of Ca in LMPT which does not meet the nutritional needs of premature infants. These data allow the particularization for exclusive breastfeeding and the understanding of the physiological and nutritional specificities in these different gestation conditions.