ABM Publishes Protocols to Facilitate Best Practices in Breastfeeding Medicine
These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be appropriate according to the needs of an individual patient.
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Corrections to Published ABM Clinical Protocols
1. HYPOGLYCEMIA view online
2. GOING HOME/DISCHARGE view online
3. SUPPLEMENTATION view online
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4. MASTITIS view online
5. PERIPARTUM BF MANAGEMENT view online
6. BEDSHARING AND BREASTFEEDING view online
7. MODEL HOSPITAL POLICY view online
8. HUMAN MILK STORAGE view online
9. GALACTOGOGUES view online
10. BREASTFEEDING THE LATE PRE-TERM INFANT view online
11. NEONATAL ANKYLOGLOSSIA view online
12. NICU GRADUATE GOING HOME
13. CONTRACEPTION AND BREASTFEEDING view online
14. CARE FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN view online
15. ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA FOR THE BREASTFEEDING MOTHER view online
16. BREASTFEEDING THE HYPOTONIC INFANT view online
17. GUIDELINES FOR BREASTFEEDING INFANTS WITH CLEFT LIP, CLEFT PALATE, OR CLEFT LIP AND PALATE view online
18. USE OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS IN NURSING MOTHERS view online
19. BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION IN THE PRENATAL SETTING view online
20. ENGORGEMENT view online
21. SUBSTANCE USE AND BREASTFEEDING view online
22. JAUNDICE view online
23. NON-PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF PROCEDURE-RELATED PAIN IN THE BREASTFEEDING INFANT view online
24. ALLERGIC PROCTOCOLITIS IN THE EXCLUSIVELY BREASTFED INFANT view online
25. PREPROCEDURAL FASTING FOR THE BREASTFEEDING INFANT view online
26. PERSISTENT PAIN view online
27. BREASTFEEDING AN INFANT OR YOUNG CHILD WITH INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES view online
28. PERIPARTUM ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA FOR THE BREASTFEEDING MOTHER view online
29. IRON, ZINC, AND VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION DURING BREASTFEEDING view online
30. BREAST MASSES, BREAST COMPLAINTS, AND DIAGNOSTIC BREAST IMAGING IN THE LACTATING WOMAN view online
31. RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDIES IN LACTATING WOMEN view online
32. MANAGEMENT OF HYPERLACTATION view online
