Promil 1 Fotmula Milk in the Diet of Children during the First Months

Abusaleem , Islam A.

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Promil 1 Fotmula Milk in the Diet of Children during the First Months

Authors:

Abusaleem , Islam A.

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

Middle East Journal of Nursing 2011 vol.5 Issue 2, pp.11-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

19349

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Bi-Monthly

eISSN:

18348750

pISSN:

18348742

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Abstract:

 Objective: to evaluate the clinical efficacy of a mixture of “Promil 1” in 30 children during the first months of life. Patients and Methods: Clinical and laboratory studies on the effectiveness of the adapted milk formula “Promil 1” in the nutrition of children, were conducted in the departments of nutrition and pediatrics clinics at Queen Alia Hospital in Amman-Jordan, from the period of January 2008 to January 2009. Subjects were 30 healthy term infants aged 1 to 3 months, who were bottle-fed the adapted milk formula, of domestic or foreign production. Length of observation was 30 days. To monitor the effectiveness of inclusion in the diet of children of the adapted milk formula “Promil 1” diaries were used in which parents recorded the patients’ daily appetite and tolerance of individual mixtures for each child, indicators of reactions regarding the skin (dryness, desquamation), and gastrointestinal symptoms (regurgitation, the presence of flatulence, colic, the frequency of bowel movements, the nature of faeces). Physician assessed clinical variables, among which special attention was paid to the assessment of physical development (weight and body length) and its dynamics during the observation period, and laboratory values were recorded for total blood count (hemoglobin, erythrocytes). Results: Mixture “Promil 1” was introduced into the diet of the child gradually, taking into account the possible individual intolerances, within 3-5 days by replacing the earlier mix in the volume, for the corresponding age with children’s needs for nutrients and energy. Children received a mixture for all their feeding. The period of adaptation to the new mixture in the observed children proceeded satisfactorily. The mixture has good organoleptic qualities. All children were happy to accept this mixture and kept quiet during intervals between feedings. Tolerability was described as a mixture of excellent and good in 28 of 30 children, and satisfactory in two. During the time under observation, in 20 children regularly observed symptoms of gastrointestinal discomfort in the form of monosymptom (regurgitation, flatulence, intestinal colic) and a combination of them occurred, which at the 7th and 10th days of initiation of the mixture, had disappeared in 17 of them. Conclusions: Adapted milk formula “Promil 1” is a well- balanced food for children aged 0 to 6 months in the case of shortage or lack of breast milk in the mother. Mixture “Promil 1” was well tolerated in children. Mixture “Promil 1 provides for normal anthropometric indices of children.

Article Details

Promil 1 Fotmula Milk in the Diet of Children during the First Months

Authors:

Abusaleem , Islam A.

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

Middle East Journal of Nursing 2011 vol.5 Issue 2, pp.11-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

19349

Frequency:

Bi-Monthly

eISSN:

18348750

pISSN:

18348742

Descriptors:

DIET

INFANT FEEDING

PAEDIATRICS

INFANTS

BASIC HEALTH

JORDAN

Children

artificial feeding

the milk mixture

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Abusaleem , Islam A.

Publisher: medi+WORLD International

Main Topics: Medicine

Journal: Middle East Journal of Nursing 2011 vol.5 Issue 2, pp.11-14

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2011

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 19349

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

eISSN: 18348750

pISSN: 18348742

Descriptors:

Issues

Authors:

Abusaleem , Islam A.

Publisher:

medi+WORLD International

Main Topics:

Medicine

Journal:

Middle East Journal of Nursing 2011 vol.5 Issue 2, pp.11-14

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2011

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

19349

Frequency:

Bi-Monthly

eISSN:

18348750

pISSN:

18348742