Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

studies
Total number of
participants
Population
characteristics
Range of
exposure
Length of followup
Outcome(s)
measured
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170 infants (experimental group = 83;
control group = 87)
OI
Experimental group received 5%
glucose water from bottle, after
breastfeeds, during the first 3 days of
life
developed countries)
9998 NS
Lactating mothers and their healthy,
term, singleton infants from developed
and developing countries
To assess the effects of exclusive
breastfeeding for 6 or more vs 3-4 mo
with continued mixed breastfeeding
until at least 6 mo
4 mo NS 0-6 mo
Proportion of exclusively breastfed
infants between birth and 6 mo, the
proportion of infants receiving any
breastmilk at fixed time points
between birth and 6 mo, the proportion
of infants still being breastfed at the
end of their first year of life,
breastfeeding duration, proportion of
infants receiving infant formula
between birth and 6 mo
Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Cochrane
All infant and maternal health
outcomes; infant outcomes especially
growth (weight, length, head
circumference, z scores, weight-for-age,
length-for-age, weight for age,
infections, morbidity, mortality,
micronutrient status, neuromotor and
cognitive development, asthma, atopic
eczema, other allergic diseases, type 1
DM, blood pressure, adult chronic
diseases. Maternal outcomes especially
postpartum weight loss, duration of
lactational amennorrhea, chronic
diseases (osteoporosis, breast and
ovarian cancer)
Medline, Oldmedline, Cinahl, EBM
Reviews -Best Evidence, Sociofile,
Cochrane, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE
Breastfed and non breastfed infants
from developing countries
Effect of promotion strategies on
exclusive breastfeeding rates for infants
younger then 6 mo and on continued
breastfeeding up to 12 mo
Mortality, breastfeeding duration,
breastfeeding pattern (exclusive, partial,
predominant)
Cochrane Library, ExtraMed, WHO
Reproductive Health Library
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