SynthesisAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2017
Effects of Probiotics on Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Sepsis, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Mortality, Length of Hospital Stay, and Weight Gain in Very Preterm Infants: A Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of treatment with probiotics in preventing necrotizing enterocolitis and related mortality: results from an umbrella meta-analysis on meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of Probiotics on Preterm Infant Gut Microbiota Across Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of prebiotic, probiotic or synbiotic supplementation on overweight/obesity indicators: an umbrella review of the trials' meta-analyses.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Pooled it
- Growth and neuro-developmental outcomes of probiotic supplemented preterm infants-a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- The Association of Formula Protein Content and Growth in Early Infancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- [Efficacy of probiotics in preventing late-onset sepsis in very low birth weight infants: a Meta analysis].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- Probiotics for Preventing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants: A Network Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Nutritional interventions to reduce rates of infection, necrotizing enterocolitis and mortality in very preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2020Pooled it
- Oropharyngeal Colostrum for Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Probiotic strategies to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: a meta-analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy of dexmedetomidine for treatment of patients with sepsis: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of prebiotics on sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, mortality, feeding intolerance, time to full enteral feeding, length of hospital stay, and stool frequency in preterm infants: a meta-analysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Maternal and infant probiotic administration for morbidity of very low birth weight infants: a three-arm randomized placebo-controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Effect of single versus multistrain probiotic in extremely preterm infants: a randomised trial.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2022Trial
- Live biotherapeutic product IBP-9414 (L. reuteri) in very low birth weight infants: the Connection Study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants: An Inflammatory Condition at the Crossroads of Intestinal Immaturity, Dysbiosis, and Nutrition.International journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Dual-strain probiotics Bifidobacterium bifidum and Lactobacillus acidophilus reverse gut dysbiosis in preterm neonates: a randomized controlled trial.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2025Article
- Bifidobacterium longum subsp infantis (EVC001) is associated with reduced incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis stage ≥2 and bloody stools in premature babies.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Gut Microbiota Metabolites Targeting the Immune Response in Sepsis: Mechanisms and Therapies.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Probiotics are increasingly used as a supplement to prevent adverse health outcomes in preterm infants. We conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and subgroup analysis of findings from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the magnitude of the effect of the probiotics on health outcomes among very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants. Relevant articles from January 2003 to June 2017 were selected from a broad range of databases, including Medline, PubMed, Scopus, and Embase. Studies were included if they used an RCT design, involved a VLBW infant (birthweight <1500 g or gestational age <32 wk) population, included a probiotic intervention group, measured necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) as a primary outcome, and measured sepsis, mortality, length of hospital stay, weight gain, and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) as additional outcomes. The initial database search yielded 132 potentially relevant articles and 32 (
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