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Clinical outcome measures |
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| Infectious morbidity |
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| Serious infections |
Primary outcome |
| Number of infectious episodes |
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| Cultured micro-organisms |
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| Feeding tolerance |
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| Enteral feeding >120 mL/kg/day |
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| Age at finishing parenteral nutrition |
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| Necrotising enterocolitis |
Bell et al.[35] |
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| Short-term outcome |
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| Weight z scores at birth, day 30 and at discharge |
Usher et al. [24] |
| Patent ductus arteriosus |
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| Ventilatory support |
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| Use of oxygen at postmenstrual age of 36 weeks |
Jobe et al. [36] |
| Intraventricular hemorrhage |
Papile et al. [37] |
| Retinopathy of prematurity |
Committee for ROP. [38] |
| Death |
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| Age at discharge from NICU and age at discharge home |
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ROP = retinopathy of prematurity; NICU = neonatal intensive care unite. | |
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