Probiotics for Preventing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants: A Network Meta-Analysis.

Isadora BeghettiDavide PanizzaJacopo LenziDavide GoriSilvia MartiniLuigi CorvagliaArianna Aceti

Published in: Nutrients (2021)

B. lactis Bb-12/B94 could reduce NEC risk with a different size effect according to feeding type. Of note, most probiotic strains are evaluated in few trials and relatively small populations, and outcome data according to feeding type are not available for all RCTs. Further trials are needed to confirm the present findings.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
low birth weight
escherichia coli
growth factor
big data
machine learning
deep learning