Outcomes of Neonates Requiring Neonatal Intensive Care Admission for Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Resource-Restricted Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
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Lay Summary Necrotizing enterocolitis remains one of the most common gastrointestinal emergencies in neonates. Neonates admitted to a resource-restricted neonatal intensive care unit with presumptive diagnosis advanced NEC were reviewed. We able identify risk factors associated higher chance death or poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. Our outcomes are comparable international literature.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1465-3664', '0142-6338']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmaa130