Probiotics to improve preterm babies’ health outcomes: research in recent 10 years (2012–2022)

Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Angel Yun Kuan Thye, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Yatinesh Kumari, Jimmy Kok Foo Lee, Learn-Han Lee

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Abstract

The gut microbiome plays a crucial role in neonatal health development. Preterm infants are predisposed to perturbation of the gut microbiome, which is associated with the risk of developing morbidities such as sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Therefore, probiotics have been introduced to preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to confer health benefits. This study aims to investigate the types of probiotics supplemented to preterm infants from research published within the recent ten years (2012–2022) and collect evidence of the associated neonatal health benefits.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberIDDF2022-ABS-0200 
Pages (from-to)A52-A53
Number of pages2
JournalGut
Volume71
Issue numberS2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2022
EventInternational Digestive Disease Forum 2022 - , Hong Kong
Duration: 2 Sept 20224 Sept 2022
https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/Suppl_2 (published abstracts)

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