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[Dysphagia] thickening breast milk


  • Subject: [Dysphagia] thickening breast milk
  • From: MICHAEL at email.chop.edu (Staci Michael)
  • Date: Thu Jul 8 10:27:53 2004

Then what do you suggest for an infant/family in the situation I have described.  Given that the literature is implying no benefit of thickening, given that the swallow study reveals otherwise... do you recommend no longer oral feeds?  Seems a strong recommendation given the circumstances.

Again... given a family who wishes to continue to feed their baby breast milk orally and has been identified as an aspirator... WHAT can we use to thicken?

>>> "Irene Campbell-Taylor" <eripley@yahoo.com> 07/08/04 12:21PM >>>


Kate Farabaugh <Kate.Farabaugh@bannerhealth.com> wrote:
Unfortunately it is the concept of thickening ............ being used pervasively without proven benefit that concerns me the most. 

** Why only infants? Thickening is without proven benefit in anyone. See: Robbins et al. ASHA SID 13 Newsletter, Perspectives on swallowing and swallowing disorders, 11(2), 16-19, 2002.

 



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