Research progress in oropharyngeal administration of colostrum in very low birth weight infants

Abstract

In recent years, more and more people were familiar with the immune protective effect of colostrum on newborn infants, especially on premature infants. But for very low birth weight infants, due to their own disease andimmature, they couldn't be fed by oral in the early days of life, which reduced the immune protective effect of colostrum on the newborns. In order to make the very low birth weight infants get the protection, some scholarsput forward the earlyoropharyngeal administration of colostrum for very low birth weight infants. This paper would focus on the four aspects of oropharyngeal colostrumadministration, that was theoretical basis,safety, feasibility,operating standards and the effect. Key words: Colostrum; Very low birth weight infants; Oropharyngeal administration