Assessing intake of Human Milk in Breastfed infants

Learning outcomes

By the end of this module, the learner will be able to:

• Define the importance of determining the intake of human milk in breastfed infants
• Describe how human milk intake by breastfed infants can be quantified
• Identify the steps and apply the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique
• Define and discuss the basic principles of the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique
• Describe what procedures are involved in the method
• Be aware of the critical steps in the procedures

Content

Lesson 1: Background to assessing human milk intake
Lesson 2: Deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique
Lesson 3: Procedures
Final Quiz (only in full learning experience version)

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