Donor human milk for preventing necrotising enterocolitis in very preterm or very low-birthweight infants
Maria Quigley, Nicholas D. Embleton, Nick Meader, William McGuire
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Abstract
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.
Concepts
MedicineNecrotizing enterocolitisEnterocolitisObstetricsLow birth weight