Does donor human milk prevent severe bowel disorders in very preterm or very low-birthweight infants?
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Via Cochrane
Does donor human milk prevent severe bowel disorders in very preterm or very low-birthweight infants? Key messages • Feeding very preterm or very low-birthweight infants donor human milk rather than formula reduces the risk of necrotising enterocolitis by about half. • There is probably little or no effect on infection or death rates during the infant's hospital stay. What is necrotising enterocolitis? Very preterm infants (those born more than eight weeks early) and very low-birthweight infants (those weighing less than 1.5 kg at birth) are at risk of developing necrotising enterocolitis, a...
