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. 2020 Dec 27;2020(12):CD013542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013542.pub2

Jajoo 2017.

Study characteristics
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 60 "stable" VLBW (1000–1499 g birth weight), of gestational age 29–33 weeks at birth
Setting: Department of Paediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India
Interventions Intervention (n = 31): full enteral feeds (80 mL/kg/day) with expressed maternal milk or formula
Control (n = 29): minimal enteral feeds (30 mL/kg/day) supplemented with intravenous 10% dextrose
Feed volumes increased by 20 mL/kg/day as tolerated
Outcomes
  1. Days to achieve full feeds (180 mL/kg/day)

  2. Days to regain birth weight (SD imputed from Chetry 2014)

  3. Necrotising enterocolitis (Bell's criteria)

  4. Duration of hospitalisation (SD imputed from Chetry 2014)

Notes Further information via author communication (mamtajajoo123@gmail.com)
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sealed opaque envelopes.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Unlikely to have been masked.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Unlikely to have been masked.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Complete.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Abstract only. No protocol available to compare.
Additional to primary and secondary outcome in methods section, they reported duration of hospital stay and mortality.
Other bias Unclear risk Funding source not reported.