Oropharyngeal Mother ’s Milk

This article presents current evidence to suppor t biological plausibility for the use of OroPharyngeal Therapy with Mother's Own Milk (OPT-MOM) as an immunomodulatory therapy; an adjunct to enteral feeds of mother’s milk administered via a nasogastric or orogastric tube. Current methods and techniques are reviewed, published evidence to guide c linical practice will be presented, and controversies in practice will be addressed.

Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 13, 2018 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Nancy A. Garofalo, Michael S. Caplan Source Type: research