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Volume 4, Issue 4(Suppl) J Infect Dis Ther 2016
ISSN: 2332-0877, JIDT an open access journal
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Infectious Diseases 2016
August 24-26, 2016
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August 24-26, 2016 Philadelphia, USA
&
Infectious DiseasesJoint Event on 2nd World Congress on
Pediatric Care & Pediatric Infectious Diseases
International Conference on
The use of breast milk in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Natalia Isaza Brando
Children’s National Health System, USA
Iwill intend to cover during the talk: The bioactive components in human milk that influence the immune status of newborns; the
physiological and protective functions of the immune components in human milk: Anti-microbial substances and antibodies; the
constituents in breast milk that promote tolerance and priming of the immune system in the newborn; how breastfeeding provides
passive and long-lasting active immunity; how the use of oral immunotherapy with colostrum in the first days of life of sick newborns
can improve their response to infections in the NICU; how human milk can improve the incidence of nosocomial infections in the
NICU.
Biography
Natalia Isaza Brando is an Associate Neonatology Physician in Children’s National Health System, Washington DC. She had work experience as Neonatology Physician
Associate, NICU attending, Adjunct Instructor in Pediatrics, Health and Wellbeing Program Director, Instructor, Health Educator, Pediatrician and Physician. She is interested
in investigating the short and long-term impact of maternal depression on mother-infant behaviors.
Natalia Isaza Brando, J Infect Dis Ther 2016, 4:4(Suppl)