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Back to Episodes#439 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - Does What We Feed and How We Clear Meconium Change Survival in Tiny Babies?
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Dr. Brandon Tucker and Dr. Jenelle Ferry share two studies tackling some of the most pressing challenges in the care of extremely low birth weight infants. Dr. Tucker presents a quality improvement initiative examining whether switching from PRN glycerin suppositories to scheduled glycerin enemas every 12 hours reduces feeding intolerance and spontaneous intestinal perforation in babies under 1,000 grams — with early results trending in the right direction. Dr. Ferry then shares findings from a meta-analysis of 14 studies and nearly 4,700 babies showing that an exclusive human milk diet is associated with a roughly 20% reduction in the odds of death — a finding that reached statistical significance when RCTs and observational cohorts were pooled together, and one that carries real weight for units still weighing the evidence on human milk-based nutrition.
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