Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a neonatal infection?

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a gastrointestinal disease that mostly affects premature infants. It involves infection and inflammation that causes destruction of the bowel. Although it affects only 1 in 2,000 to 4,000 births, or between 1 and 5% of neonatal intensive care unit admissions, NEC is the most common and serious gastrointestinal disorder among hospitalized preterm infants. We pr...

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Radiological Manifistations

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the characteristics radiological manifestations and risk factors in neonates with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Methods: A prospective study over on year starting from January 2008, conducted on 55 neonates with suspected NEC admitted at Children Hospital, Cairo University. Serial X-ray for all neonates were done and assessed Results: 31 (56.4...

Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Clostridial Disease?

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease that remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among very preterm neonates and whose incidence has increased in parallel with the improved survival of this population. Despite years of research over the past decades, its pathogenesis is still uncertain and thus prevention is difficult. Three factors are recognized to ...

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a focus on.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a multifactorial worldwide problem, representing the most frequent gastrointestinal emergency in neonates. Extremely common in preterm infants, it is also registered in fullterm low birth weight neonates. Despite extensive research, its etiopathogenesis is not completely understood and this neonatal disease remains associated with high morbidity and mortality ...