Routine Administration of a Multispecies Probiotic Containing <i>Bifidobacterium</i> and <i>Lactobacillus</i> to Very Low Birth Weight Infants Had No Significant Impact on the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Front Pediatr · 2021 · PMC8581262 · PMID 34778147

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0.0316

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modestly significantp = 0.0316actually significant

Compared to infants diagnosed with NEC in the pre-probiotic epoch, infants with NEC in the post-probiotic epoch did have a modestly significant lower 5 min APGAR score (6.3 vs. 7.8; p = 0.0316) as well as an increased rate of probiotic use (65% vs. 0%; p < 0.0001).

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near-significantno p-value reported

0%) and there was a near-significant delay of 3 weeks in probiotic initiation in outborn infants compared to inborn infants (probiotics initiated on DOL 28 vs.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

While this did not reach statistical significance, a 2.5-fold increase may be of clinical significance.

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Routine Administration of a Multispecies Probiotic Containing &lt;i&gt;Bifidobacterium&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Lactobacillus&lt;/i&gt; to Very Low Birth Weight Infants Had No Significant Impact on the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

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Routine Administration of a Multispecies Probiotic Containing <i>Bifidobacterium</i> and <i>Lactobacillus</i> to Very Low Birth Weight Infants Had No Significant Impact on the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.