TY - JOUR T1 - Duration of meconium passage in preterm and term infants JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F74 LP - F75 DO - 10.1136/adc.2009.159442 VL - 95 IS - 1 AU - M Elisabetta Baldassarre AU - A Laneve AU - M Fanelli AU - F Russo AU - F Varsalone AU - F Sportelli AU - M R Falcone AU - N Laforgia Y1 - 2010/01/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/95/1/F74.2.abstract N2 - We read with interest the paper by Bekkali et al regarding duration of meconium passage in preterm and term infants.1 Current data concerning first meconium passage and time to achieve regular bowel movements (RBM) in preterm newborns are quite conflicting. We reviewed medical records of seven hundred and twenty preterm newborns (<36 days gestational age), admitted to the Neonatology and NICU section of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology … ER -