Probiotic supplementation in preterm infants: It is time to change practice

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 959-960

  Tarnow Mordi, William ^a   Soll, Roger F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

FDA; Food and Drug Administration; IND; Investigational New Drug application; NEC; Necrotizing enterocolitis; RD; Relative risk; Risk difference; RR; Very low birth weight; VLBW

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOSTRUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SUPPLEMENTATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84899055390     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.050     Document Type: Editorial

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