Lactoferrin infant feeding trial_Canada (LIFT_Canada): protocol for a randomized trial of adding lactoferrin to feeds of very-low-birth-weight preterm infants

Abstract Background In Canada alone, almost 3000 VLBW infants are born and treated annually with almost 1200 going onto death or survival with severe brain injury, chronic lung disorders, aggressive retinopathy of prematurity, late-onset sepsis, or significant necrotizing enterocolitis. Lactoferrin...

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Published in:	BMC Pediatrics
Main Authors:	Elizabeth V. Asztalos, Keith Barrington, Abhay Lodha, William Tarnow-Mordi, Andrew Martin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-01-01
Subjects:	Very low birth weight infants Lactoferrin Neonatal mortality and morbidity
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-1938-0