title: [Nutrition and Metabolism Group of the Spanish Neonatology Society: recommendations and evidence for dietary supplementation with probiotics in very low birth weight infants].
abstract: Clinical practice guidelines are an important tool for improving healthcare. In recent years there has been accumulating evidence on the impact of nutritional supplementation with probiotics in the very low birth weight infants. With no uniformity in microorganisms and strains used. The Spanish Neonatology Society (SENeo), through its Nutrition and Metabolism Group has undertaken to develop recommendations that will be useful as a guide for the neonatologist in this field.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Narbona López
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, España. Electronic address: joseuberos@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uberos Fernández
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Armadá Maresca
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago, España.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Couce Pico
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez
authors.affiliation: Hospital La Paz, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saenz de Pipaon
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D009359:Neonatology / Q000592:standards; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*
keywords: Enterocolitis necrótica; Morbidity; Morbilidad; Necrotizing enterocholitis; Preterm infants; Probiotics; Probióticos; Recién nacidos de muy bajo peso al nacer; Recién nacidos prematuros; Very low birth weight infants