Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Reduced Duration to Full Enteral Feeding

• Therapeutic effect of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 on feeding intolerance in preterm infants.

  • 2023-02-04
  • Observational · n = 56
  • Archives of medical science : AMS 21(6)
  • • Xuran Li
    • Meng Xing
    • Yinzhu Zhang
    • Ming Yang

  • PubMed: 41684579
  • DOI: 10.5114/aoms/159991

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  • Reduced Duration to Full Enteral Feeding

  • Moderate evidence

  In scheme B, the duration of switching from intravenous nutrition to full enteral feeding at a gestational age of > 28 weeks and a birth weight of ≤ 1,500 g was significantly different from that in scheme A (p < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes