Prophylactic probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight newborns

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Samanta, Moumita ^a   Sarkar, Mihir ^a   Ghosh, Promit ^a   Ghosh, Jayanta Kr ^a   Sinha, Malay Kr ^a   Chatterjee, Sukanta ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotics; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBIOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63849262971     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn091     Document Type: Article

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