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- Title
Outcomes of a Breast Pump Combining Compression and Vacuum Technology in Exclusively Pumping Mothers of VLBW Infants in the NICU.
- Authors
Wight, Nancy; Turfker, Kelley; Spencer, Becky; Grassley, Jane
- Abstract
Objective: To determine whether exclusively pumping mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) infants could achieve adequate milk production using the PJ's Comfort® multiuser breast pump, with its compression and vacuum technology and flexible silicone breast cup. Methods: We employed a single-site, convenience sample, 24-month, prospective, nonexperimental, descriptive study in NICU mothers of VLBW infants who were asked to complete a pumping log for 15 days. Results: Of mothers with complete pumping logs (36/51), the mean time to first pumping was 9.5 hours and the mean number of pumping sessions was 7.4/24 hours. By day 15, 83% reached a milk volume of ≥350 mL/day, 66% reached ≥500 mL/day, and 29% reached ≥700 mL/day. Comments regarding the comfort, ease of use, and features of the pump were very favorable. Conclusions: Using current technologies, PJ's Comfort® is a cost-effective option for establishing adequate milk production in mothers of VLBW infants in the NICU.
- Subjects
LACTATION; NEONATAL intensive care; SCIENTIFIC observation; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; BREAST milk; RESEARCH methodology; VERY low birth weight; VACUUM; NEONATAL intensive care units; HEALTH outcome assessment; BREAST pumps; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Clinical Lactation, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 4, p184
- ISSN
2158-0782
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/CL-2023-0021