Probiotics for preterm infants: A National Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 533-539

  Singh, Balpreet ^a   Shah, Prakesh S ^b,c   Afifi, Jehier ^a   Simpson, C David ^a   Mitra, Souvik ^a   Dow, Kimberly ^d   El Naggar, Walid ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM SUBSP. INFANTIS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LATE ONSET DISORDER; LATE ONSET SEPSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEATH; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LACTOBACILLUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBIOTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85060800331     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41372-019-0315-z     Document Type: Article

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