Posted June 14, 200717 yr Is anyone using Probiotics for their infants? If so, which product do you use? Why did you choose this product? How do you administer? How often? When do you start them?
June 14, 200717 yr We don not administer probiotics at our department but the discussion i comming up more often.
July 12, 200717 yr We reviewed the published studies. We are not comfortable in using it yet in our prerm infants. We feel, more studies are needed.
July 24, 200717 yr Please look into the new metanalysis by Dr Girish despande published in lancet, it ais a good one with benefits in NEC , Mortality, Time to attain full feeds, but nmany of the issues still are to be answersed as to the type, dose, frequency of the probiotic to be used.
July 27, 200717 yr hi i try to share some studies about this: 1614 www.thelancet.com Vol 369 May 12, 2007 Probiotics for prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm neonates with very low birthweight: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials indian journal of pediatrics vol 74 jan, 2007 necrotising enterocolitis the state of the science Fax +41 61 306 12 34 E-Mail karger@karger.ch www.karger.com Original Paper Neonatology 2007;91:174–179 Effects of Probiotics on Enteric Flora and Feeding Tolerance in Preterm Infants
August 21, 200717 yr We are having an ongoing discussion re: the use of probiotics and watching for more data.
August 3, 200816 yr I think also look in cochrane review: Alfaleh k, Probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants (Review) 2008
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