Exposure vs no exposure to the smell and taste of milk with tube feeds: Late infection during hospitalisation (bacterial or fungal infection confirmed by presence of blood or CSF infection, with initiation of symptoms > 48 hours after birth)
Exposure showed no clear difference in late infection during hospitalisation (bacterial or fungal infection… compared with no exposure to the smell and taste of milk with tube feeds (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Exposure vs no exposure to the smell and taste of milk with tube feeds Late infection during hospitalisation (bacterial or fungal infection confirmed by presence of blood or CSF infection, with initiation of symptoms > 48 hours after birth) · preterm infants Exposure showed no clear difference in late infection during hospitalisation (bacterial or fungal infection… compared with no exposure to the smell and taste of milk with tube feeds (moderate certainty). Exposure to the smell and taste of milk to accelerate feeding in preterm infants (2024) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.14 [0.74, 1.75] | 2 studies · 436 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure to the smell and taste of milk to accelerate feeding in preterm infants 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.