PROTOCOLS

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

33. LACTATION CARE FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, QUESTIONING, PLUS PATIENTS 

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34. BREAST CANCER AND BREASTFEEDING

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