Enteral feeding regimens and necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants: a multicentre case–control study

Henderson, Ginny; Craig, Stan; Brocklehurst, Peter; McGuire, William

doi:10.1136/adc.2007.119560

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Enteral feeding regimens and necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants: a multicentre case–control study

Published in Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal • Sep 3, 2007

Authors:

Ginny Henderson

Stan Craig

Peter Brocklehurst

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most preterm infants who develop necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) have received enteral feeds. Uncertainty exists about which aspects of the feeding regimen affect the risk of NEC. AIM: To examine associations between various enteral feeding practices and the development of NEC in preterm...

Subject

Medicine

Enteral administration

Gestational age

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