Colostrum and Reduced Need for Oral Care

• The Effect of Oral Colostrum Application on the Condition of the Mouth and Incidence of Late-Onset Sepsis Among Premature Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

  • 2024-08-27
  • RCT
  • Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 24(5)
  • • Leila Barizeh
    • Mahnaz Jabraeili
    • Mohammad Bagher Hoseini
    • Mahni Rahkar Farshi
    • Julie-Anne Martyn
    • Deependra Kaji Thapa
    • Michelle Cleary

  • PubMed: 39141690
  • DOI: 10.1097/anc.0000000000001194

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Need for Oral Care

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The condition of the mouth was significantly different on days 4 and 5, demonstrating that the colostrum group had less need for oral care ( P < .001) compared to the control group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes