Studies on the preservation of human colostrum to milk banks / Estudos sobre a preservação do colostro humano para bancos de leite

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1981

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With the increasing interest in the application of human colostrums for the care of newly-born infants in the "Units of Intense Treatment" of Hospitals and Maternities, there is evident the need of applying proper technology for its preservation, for the Milk-Banks. Ways of collecting, technology of preservation and storage of colostrum obtained from delivering-mothers of two hospitals in Campinas were studied. An evaluation of the microbiological and immunological characteristics was made in accordance with the social-economical status of the mother, the technology of processing (freezing,freezedrying, pasteurization) and storage under controlled, temperatures (-10ºC + 2ºC; -18ºC + 2ºC; -40ºC, +2ºC) for I up to 12 weeks. Based upon artificial methods of collecting colostrum, the obtained volume varies significantly with the period of lactation, the pathology of the mammary gland post-partum, type of deliverance and frequency of deliverance of the mother. -Variables such as age, diseases during pregnancy, complications after delivery, use of drugs such as corticoids, and antibiotics seem not to interfere with the collected volume. Volume, protein content and levels of immunoglobulins were shown not to differ significantly when the social status of the donor was considered

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colostro human milk leite humano colostrum

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