Growth of cardiac infants with post-surgical chylothorax can be supported using modified fat breast milk with proactive nutrient-enrichment and advancement feeding protocols; an open-label trial

Background & aimPreviously we showed that modified fat breast milk (MFBM) facilitated resolution of post-surgical chylothorax in cardiac infants, but their weight-for-age and length-for-age z-scores declined over the ≥6-week treatment duration. Our aim was to evaluate the growth of infants diagnosed with post-surgical chylothorax and fed according to one of two proactive feeding protocols using MFBM or a high medium triglyceride (MCT)-containing...