Randomized controlled trial on introducing honey supplemented formula (As a prebiotic) to preterm infants : Does it affect the total well being in NICUs /
دراسة عشوائية عن تدعيم لبن الأطفال ناقصى النمو و العمر الرحمى بعسل النحل : هل له تأثير على الحالة العامة لهؤلاء الأطفال فى وحدات الأطفال حديثى الولادة
Mahmoud Ahmed Shawky Yousef ; Supervised Mohamed Sabry AboAlam , Hany Z. Aly , Reem Nabil Said
- Cairo : Mahmoud Ahmed Shawky Yousef , 2014
- 161 P. : facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
The following study was conducted on 40 neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Cairo University Pediatric Hospital (Abou El Riesh). A randomized controlled trial was conducted after obtaining parental consents. Forty preterm neonates were included in the study 34 wks gestational age with no previous enteral feeding, either recovering from or free of any morbidity and fit to start enteral feeding. Neonates with major congenital anomalies, those with gastrointestinal malformations or those with sepsis or developed sepsis during inclusion in the study were excluded