Impact of umbilical cord milking and pasteurized donor human milk on necrotizing enterocolitis: a retrospective review

Abstract Background Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious complication of prematurity. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of an umbilical cord milking protocol (UCM) and pasteurized donor human milk (PDHM) on NEC rates in infants less than 30 weeks gestational age from January 1, 2010 t...

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Main Authors: Mehtab K. Sekhon, Bradley A. Yoder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1131-x