Oral probiotics prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight preterm infants: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

HC, Lin; CH, Hsu; HL, Chen; MY, Chung; JF, Hsu; RI, Lien; LY, Tsao; CH, Chen; BH, Su

doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3007

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Oral probiotics prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight preterm infants: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.

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Lin HC

Hsu CH

Chen HL

Abstract

Objective The goal was to investigate the efficacy of orally administered probiotics in preventing necrotizing enterocolitis for very low birth weight preterm infants.Methods A prospective, blinded, randomized, multicenter controlled trial was conducted at 7 NICUs in Taiwan, to evaluate the benefici...

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