Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Reduced Time to Achieve Full Feeds

• Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG as a probiotic for preterm infants: a strain specific systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2024-07-26
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 1,037
  • European journal of clinical nutrition 78(10)
  • • Anitha Ananthan
    • Haribalakrishna Balasubramanian
    • Chandra Rath
    • Saravanan Muthusamy
    • Shripada Rao
    • Sanjay Patole

  • PubMed: 39060543
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41430-024-01474-0

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  • Reduced Time to Achieve Full Feeds

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  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  time to reach full feeds [2 RCTs, n = 19, SMD = 0.11 days (95% CI: -0.22, 0.45), P = 0.51]

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

• Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG to Reduce Necrotising Enterocolitis, Sepsis, and Mortality in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

  • 2026-01-14
  • RCT · n = 236
  • Indian pediatrics 63(7)
  • • Sachin Shah
    • Amita Kaul
    • Prerna Pandey
    • Surabhi Wattal
    • Rajesh Nare

  • PubMed: 41533318
  • DOI: 10.1007/s13312-025-00252-w

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  • Reduced Time to Achieve Full Feeds

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  • Infants

  The mean (SD) time to reach full feeds was 11.9 (4.2) and 12.0 (5.5) days in the LGG and control groups, respectively; P = 0.561.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No