More than 10,000 preterm infants have participated in randomised controlled trials on
probiotics worldwide, suggesting that probiotics in general could reduce rates of necrotising …

Background Current evidence indicates that probiotic supplementation significantly reduces
all-cause mortality and definite necrotising enterocolitis without significant adverse effects in …

Objectives: Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of probiotics to reduce
morbidity and mortality in preterm infants have provided inconsistent results. Although meta …

Background: Over the last few years, probiotics have been one of the most studied
interventions in neonatal medicine. Objectives: The aim of this work was to analyse all …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Probiotics have been suggested to prevent severe necrotizing
enterocolitis (NEC) and decrease mortality in preterm infants. The aim of this paper was to …

Background Results of recent clinical trials suggest that probiotic supplementation reduces
the risk of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm neonates. We aimed to systematically review …

OBJECTIVE: To compare probiotic supplements for premature infants. DATA SOURCES: We
searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and ProQuest from inception of these databases to …

Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common serious acquired disease
of the gastrointestinal tract in preterm infants. Probiotic bacteria are live microbial …

Background Some oral probiotics have been shown to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis
(NEC) and decrease mortality effectively in preterm very low birth weight (PVLBW) infants …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a major cause of mortality (25%) and morbidity including
recurrent sepsis, dependence on parenteral nutrition, need for surgery, and survival with …