Controlled Trial of Two Incremental Milk-Feeding Rates in Preterm Infants.

Randomized trial of 2,804 preterm infants comparing faster (30 ml/kg/day) versus slower (18 ml/kg/day) milk feeding advancement found no significant difference in survival without neurodevelopmental disability at 24 months (65.5% vs 68.1%). Neither necrotizing enterocolitis nor late-onset sepsis rates differed between groups.