Bifidobacterium breve VPro 52 and Earlier Achievement of Full Feeding

• Effect of Bifidobacterium breve M-16V supplementation on faecal bifidobacteria in growth restricted very preterm infants – analysis from a randomised trial

  • 2016-02-26
  • RCT · n = 34
  • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 29(23)
  • • S. Patole
    • A. Keil
    • E. Nathan
    • D. Doherty
    • Meera Esvaran
    • K. Simmer
    • P. Conway

  • PubMed: 26821074
  • DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2016.1147554

  4 Insights on

  • Earlier Achievement of Full Feeding

  • High evidence

  Probiotic treated SGA infants reached full feeds earlier than SGA controls (HR 2.00, 95% CI 1.05-3.82, p = 0.035): Median (IQR): 16 (12-26) versus 19 (11-25) days, after adjustment for age at starting feeds and gestation <28 weeks.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes