Necrotising Enterocolitis - epidemiology and imaging
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Birthweight-specific risk factors for necrotising enterocolitis.
In a multicentre case-control study of necrotising enterocolitis risk factors were found to vary with birthweight of cases. In very low birthweight cases the risk factors identified were those associated with prolonged or recurrent hypoxia (recurrent apnoea, respiratory distress, assisted ventilation, and umbilical artery catheterisation). In heavier birthweight infants the risk factors were, i...
متن کاملOral 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...
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Background. One of the most serious gastrointestinal disorders occurring in neonates is necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). It is recognised as the most common intra-abdominal emergency and is the leading cause of short bowel syndrome. With extremely high mortality and morbidity, this enigmatic disease remains a challenge for neonatologists around the world as its definite aetiology has yet to be ...
متن کاملNecrotising Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants Frequency, Risk Factors, Laboratory Diagnosis and Microbiological Etiology
................................................................................................. 7 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS...................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 10 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ............................................................ 11 Definition and clin...
متن کاملDouble blind, randomised, placebo controlled study of oral vancomycin in prevention of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm, very low birthweight infants.
AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of oral vancomycin in the prophylaxis of necrotising enterocolitis in preterm, very low birthweight infants. METHODS A prospective, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled study in a tertiary referral centre of a university teaching hospital was conducted on 140 very low birthweight infants consecutively admitted to the neonatal unit. The babies were ra...
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تاریخ انتشار 2017