Bifidobacterium infantis HA-116 and Reduced Time to Full Enteral Feeding

• Effect of probiotics on necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

  • 2025-03-27
  • Systematic Review · n = 661
  • BMC pediatrics 25(1)
  • • Yu Dai
    • Qinlei Yu
    • Fan Zhang
    • Ke Ma
    • Xiangyun Yan
    • Wenjuan Chen
    • Xiaohui Chen
    • Shushu Li
    • Shuping Han

  • PubMed: 40140789
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05469-z

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Time to Full Enteral Feeding

  • High evidence

  Lactobacillus can be effective in reducing the time preterm infants spend in the hospital (MD, -4.23; 95% CI: -7.62, -0.81) and reaching full enteral feeding (MD, -2.15; 95% CI: -3.70, -0.64).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes