1. Standardized feeding and probiotic supplementation for reducing necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants in a resource limited set up
- Author
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Sandeep Kadam, Sanjay Patole, Saurabh Patel, Mayur Chaudhari, and Shripada Rao
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Birth weight ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,India ,Gestational Age ,Infant, Premature, Diseases ,Cohort Studies ,Feeding Methods ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Enterocolitis, Necrotizing ,030225 pediatrics ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Birth Weight ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,EPOCH (chemotherapy) ,Retrospective Studies ,Enterocolitis ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Milk, Human ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Probiotics ,Infant, Newborn ,Retrospective cohort study ,Odds ratio ,medicine.disease ,digestive system diseases ,Infant Formula ,body regions ,Treatment Outcome ,Necrotizing enterocolitis ,Dietary Supplements ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,psychological phenomena and processes ,Infant, Premature ,Cohort study - Abstract
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC ≥ Stage II) is associated with high mortality and morbidity in preterm infants. To assess if introduction of standardized feeding regimen (SFR) and routine probiotic supplementation (RPS) was associated with reduced incidence of NEC in preterm infants in our nursery in a resource limited set up. This was a retrospective cohort study assessing the incidence of NEC ≥ Stage II before (Epoch 1: N = 144) vs. after (Epoch 2, N = 144) implementation of SFR and RPS in preterm infants
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- 2017