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

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Background: When sufficient maternal milk is not available, donor human milk or formula are the alternative forms of enteral nutrition for very preterm or very low‐birthweight (VLBW) infants. Donor human milk may retain the non‐nutritive benefits of maternal milk and has been proposed as a strategy to reduce the risk of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and associated mortality and morbidity in very preterm or VLBW infants.


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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.cd002971.pub6

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
Oxford college:
St Catherine's College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-8058-6181
Publisher:
Cochrane Collaboration
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
9
Issue:
9
Article number:
CD002971
Place of publication:
England
Publication date:
2024-09-06
DOI:
EISSN:
1469-493X
Pmid:
39239939
Language:
English
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Subtype:
Review
Pubs id:
2027132
Local pid:
pubs:2027132
Deposit date:
2024-09-17

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