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Entero-colonic Fistula Secondary to Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infant: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesNeonatal Medicine, 2023
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a severe inflammatory disease of the intestine and is the main cause of death in infants, mostly occurring in premature infants. Intestinal obstruction may occur during the medical treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis.
Soung Hee Kim
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Necrotizing enterocolitis [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Disease in Childhood, 1974
BECAUSE of its probable increased incidence there is need to be aware of the fatal-if untreated-condition called necrotizing enterocolitis. With this in mind the clinical and pathological features of ten infants with the condition are presented. The unreliability of radiological signs in diagnosis is stressed; the primary role of shock is supported and
S F, Calahane, B, Moore
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Time to occurrence of necrotizing enterocolitis and its predictors among low birth weight neonates admitted at neonatal intensive care unit of felege hiwot compressive specialized hospital BahirDar, Ethiopia, 2021: A retrospective follow-up study

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundGlobally, the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) varies between 6 and 15% of all neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Tamiru Alene   +12 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis in low birth weight infants in China: Mortality risk factors expressed by birth weight categories

open access: yesPediatrics and Neonatology, 2017
Background: We retrospectively investigated incidence, morbidity, and mortality of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis in China, with special emphasis on determining the predictors of necrotizing enterocolitis associated mortality.
Tian Qian   +16 more
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Case Report: Clostridium neonatale Bacteremia in a Preterm Neonate With Necrotizing Enterocolitis

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a life-threatening acquired gastrointestinal disorder among preterm neonates and is associated with a high mortality rate and long-term neurodevelopmental morbidity.
Nadim Cassir   +10 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis following treatment of congenital syphilis with penicillin in a term newborn

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a disease process of intestinal disruption which has been associated with gastrointestinal microbial alterations after antibiotic exposure.
Charles Preston Pugh   +2 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm newborn with a history of maternal COVID-19: a case report

open access: yesRadiology Case Reports, 2022
A 6-day-old newborn male presented with a primary complaint of abdominal distension for 3 days before hospital admission. The newborn was delivered from a confirmed COVID-19–positive mother through caesarean section at 38-39 weeks with a birth weight of ...
Rennilia Nita, MD   +2 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis: controversies and challenges [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2015
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a devastating intestinal disease that affects ~5% of preterm neonates. Despite advancements in neonatal care, mortality remains high (30–50%) and controversy still persists with regards to the most appropriate management of ...
Augusto Zani, Agostino Pierro
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Immediate Post-operative Enterocyte Injury, as Determined by Increased Circulating Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Is Associated With Subsequent Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis After Infant Cardiothoracic Surgery

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
Objectives: 1 Measure serial serum intestinal fatty acid binding protein levels in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass to evaluate for evidence of early post-operative enterocyte injury.
John D. Watson   +6 more
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