Necrotising enterocolitis is a serious gastrointestinal disorder that mainly affects preterm infants, especially those with low birthweight or low gestational age. From under 1% up to 5% of admissions to neonatal intensive care units are for the disease, and mortality is 15–30%.1 Necrotising enterocolitis occurs in about 7% of very-low-birthweight preterm babies.2 Over the past few decades, the frequency of the condition has shown no sign of reduction.3 Therefore the development of strategies to prevent the disease is a priority.

Preventing necrotising enterocolitis with probiotics / Caffarelli, Carlo; Bernasconi, Sergio. - In: THE LANCET. - ISSN 0140-6736. - 369:(2007), pp. 1578-1580. [10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60721-1]

Preventing necrotising enterocolitis with probiotics.

CAFFARELLI, Carlo;BERNASCONI, Sergio
2007-01-01

Abstract

Necrotising enterocolitis is a serious gastrointestinal disorder that mainly affects preterm infants, especially those with low birthweight or low gestational age. From under 1% up to 5% of admissions to neonatal intensive care units are for the disease, and mortality is 15–30%.1 Necrotising enterocolitis occurs in about 7% of very-low-birthweight preterm babies.2 Over the past few decades, the frequency of the condition has shown no sign of reduction.3 Therefore the development of strategies to prevent the disease is a priority.
2007
Preventing necrotising enterocolitis with probiotics / Caffarelli, Carlo; Bernasconi, Sergio. - In: THE LANCET. - ISSN 0140-6736. - 369:(2007), pp. 1578-1580. [10.1016/s0140-6736(07)60721-1]
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