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Comparison Of Maternal Milk (Breastmilk) Expression Methods In An African Nursery, Ida Slusher, Tina Slusher, Elizabeth Keating, Beverly Curtis, Eleanor Smith, Elizabeth Orodriyo, Sussane Awori, Margaret Nakakeeto

Ida Slusher

Objective: This study compares maternal milk volumes (MMVs) of Ugandan mothers whose infants were in a special care nursery and who used one of three maternal milk expression techniques: double electric breast pump, single non-electric manual breast pump, and hand breastmilk expression.

Subjects and Methods: A convenience sample of 161 Ugandan mothers of infants who were either too immature or ill to independently feed from the breast yet healthy enough to survive in an environment without ventilator support (birth weights, 0.84–3.8 kg) were assigned to one of three maternal milk expressions: Group 1, double electric breast pump (n = 55); …