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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Protocol - Intervention

Stopping feeds for prevention of transfusion‐associated necrotising enterocolitis in preterm infants

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

To assess the benefits and risks of stopping feed compared to continuing feed management before, during and after blood transfusion in preterm newborn infants. We also plan to assess the effects of stopping feeds versus continuing feed in the following subgroups of infants: infants of different gestations, infants with symptomatic and asymptomatic anaemia, infants who received different feeding schedule, type of feed and methods of feed delivery, infants who were transfused with different blood products, different blood volume, route of delivery, and those who received blood transfusion with and without co‐interventions such as the use of diuretics.