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Donor human milk for preventing necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low-birthweight infants.

Maria QuigleyNicholas D EmbletonNicholas MeaderWilliam McGuire
Published in: The Cochrane database of systematic reviews (2024)
The evidence shows that donor human milk reduces the risk of NEC by about half in very preterm or VLBW infants. There is probably little or no effect on late-onset invasive infection or all-cause mortality before hospital discharge.
Keyphrases
  • human milk
  • low birth weight
  • late onset
  • preterm infants
  • preterm birth
  • early onset
  • gestational age