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The authors studied quality control procedures at human milk banks and nutritional profiles of 909 milk samples (from 195 donors, aged 15 to 45 years) from banked human milk (BHM) in Brasília, Brazil. Number of donations per donor ranged from 1 to > 10 that consisted mostly of mature milk (90.9%) with a mean total energy of 529 +/- 85 kcal/L and a mean total lipid of 22.7 g/L +/- 13.2. Microbiological quality (titrable acidity-Dornic, degrees D) was suitable for infant feeding in 99.2% of samples (< 8 degrees D), ranging from 2 degrees D to 8 degrees D (mean 4.8 +/- 1.4 degrees D). Most BHM (98.1%) samples were dispensed to inpatient infants (1-7 days) diagnosed with respiratory distress (30.1%), prematurity (20.7%), metabolic distress (16.0%), jaundice (14.4%), bacterial infection (6.0%), pneumonia (3.3%), congenital cardiac distress (2.2%), or other conditions (6.2%). Well-motivated mothers and trained staff are serving and sustaining an important life-saving network with long-lasting impact on public health.
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Milk Banks/standards , Milk, Human , Adolescent , Adult , Brazil , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Milk, Human/chemistry , Milk, Human/cytology , Quality ControlABSTRACT
Os autores revisaram 39 casos de osteossarcoma atendidos na Santa Casa de Porto Alegre e FFFCMPA com seguimento mínimo de 12 meses em dezembro de 1995. Relatam a prevalência quanto ao sexo, idade, cor, manifestaçöes clínicas, localizaçäo primária, existência de metástases, tratamento realizado e estado atual. Referem ainda o intervalo entre o primeiro sintoma e a consulta médica geral e ao serviço de referência, bem como deste até o começo da terapêutica. Apontam as condiçöes socio-econômico-culturais de nossa populaçäo como fator causal importante no atraso do início do tratamento e no prognóstico da doença.
