Tag Archives: Probiotics

Probiotics: so what about those ELBW babies?

Posted on 24 September 2014 by

After a comment to my previous post about probiotics, I wanted to clarify what I said about the ELBW baby, that is, the newborn with a birth weight below 1001 grams. It is true that there are few studies that … Continue reading →

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The Time for a Confirmative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Probiotics Prevention Trial in the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant in North America Is Well Past

Posted on 23 September 2014 by

What on earth are these people waiting for? A number of authors from Toronto and elsewhere have written a ridiculous editorial (entitled ‘The Time for a Confirmative Necrotizing Enterocolitis Probiotics Prevention Trial in the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant in … Continue reading →

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Probiotics work in Germany also

Posted on 23 June 2014 by

A new study from the German Neonatal Network Database compares the incidence of NEC between centers that used probiotics, centers that did not use probiotics, and centers that changed their practice part way through the data collection period from being … Continue reading →

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Probiotics in preterm infants: not just for NEC prevention any more

Posted on 20 May 2014 by

A new RCT in more mature preterm infants 32 to 37 weeks compared the incidence of viral respiratory infections during the first year of life between infants who received prebiotics (galacto-oligosaccharide and polydextrose) probiotics (lactobacillus rhamnosus) or placebo between the … Continue reading →

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Probiotics: what do parents want?

Posted on 10 April 2014 by

Some day, I might slow down with the probiotics posts, but not right now! A letter published in Archives reports the results of a parent survey. In the 3 NICUs implicated probiotics are given with parental information and an ‘opt-out’ … Continue reading →

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Bugs and Breast Milk

Posted on 9 April 2014 by

Neonatology recently published a commentary asking the following question about routine probiotic supplementation, ‘what will it take to change practice?‘ This was immediately followed by another commentary, from Neena Modi, explaining why she is still reluctant. Although I have a … Continue reading →

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Stop the Antibiotics!

Posted on 21 February 2014 by

We know that prolonged antibiotic use in preterm babies increase their chance of later developing NEC. The assumption being that the disturbance of the intestinal flora leads to the increase in susceptibility. Here is some more direct evidence to support … Continue reading →

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