(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this study of 307,000 neonates with very low birth weight, adoption of routine use of probiotics in neonatal intensive care units increased slowly from 2012 to 2019 and was associated with lower necrotizing enterocolitis risk but not with sepsis or mortality rates.
Authors: Leila Agha, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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Association of hospital adoption of probiotics with outcomes among neonates with very low birth weight
JAMA Health Forum
2023-05-12
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