Necrotising Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants Frequency, Risk Factors, Laboratory Diagnosis and Microbiological Etiology
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................................................................................................. 7 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS...................................................... 9 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 10 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ............................................................ 11 Definition and clinical staging of NEC..................................................................11 Radiological findings of NEC................................................................................14 Pathogenesis of NEC .............................................................................................15 Epidemiology of NEC............................................................................................18 Risk factors in NEC ...............................................................................................19 Laboratory parameters predictive of NEC.............................................................21 Treatment of NEC..................................................................................................23 Outcome of NEC....................................................................................................24 Short-bowel syndrome..................................................................................25 Prevention of NEC.................................................................................................25 Development of intestinal microflora ....................................................................26 Infectious agents associated with NEC..................................................................28
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