The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the enteral nutrition type (untreated breast milk, or breast milk processed by the breast-milk bank) on the longitudinal evolution of the total content and plasma profile of essential fatty acids (EFA) in a population of premature infants.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
9
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Centre Hospitalier Regional
Saint-Pierre, LA Reunion, France
Measurement of the effects of the milk-treatment process at the milk bank on the composition of the milk in terms of FA
* Level of total FA and composition of FA on samples of untreated breast milk immediately after the milk has been expressed * Level of total FA and composition of FA on samples of breast milk provided by the milk bank just before being given to the infant
Time frame: 3 weeks after the establishment of enteral nutrition
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