183 Prevention of Necrotising Enterocolitis
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Oral vancomycin in prevention of necrotising enterocolitis.
Eighty four very low birthweight babies (considered high risk for developing necrotising enterocolitis) were given vancomycin orally for 48 hours before introduction of oral feeds; one developed necrotising enterocolitis. One hundred and twenty very low birthweight babies (not considered such high risk) were fed without first receiving vancomycin; 17 developed necrotising enterocolitis. Althoug...
متن کاملNecrotising Enterocolitis
It is estimated that nearly 12% of infants born weighing less than 1500 g will develop NEC and about 30% of these infants will not survive. [4] More than 85% of all NEC cases occur in infants of very low birth weight or in very premature infants. [5]Full-term and nearterm infants also develop the disease. Patent ductus arteriosus is a risk factor in premature babies, especially if conservative ...
متن کاملNecrotising Enterocolitis
Introduction Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of the infant gastrointestinal tract (GIT) most commonly found in premature newborns. Although the aetiology and pathogenesis of the disease is not fully understood, in its most severe cases, NEC rapidly progresses from bacterial invasion of the intestinal wall to full-thickness bowel necrosis, leading to perforation and subsequent perit...
متن کاملNecrotising Enterocolitis
It is estimated that nearly 12% of infants born weighing less than 1500 g will develop NEC and about 30% of these infants will not survive. [4] More than 85% of all NEC cases occur in infants of very low birth weight or in very premature infants. [5]Full-term and near-term infants also develop the disease. Patent ductus arteriosus is a risk factor in premature babies, especially if conservative...
متن کاملNecrotising Enterocolitis
It is estimated that nearly 12% of infants born weighing less than 1500 g will develop NEC and about 30% of these infants will not survive. [4] More than 85% of all NEC cases occur in infants of very low birth weight or in very premature infants. [5]Full-term and near-term infants also develop the disease. Patent ductus arteriosus is a risk factor in premature babies, especially if conservative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302724.0183