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Models of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Seminars in Perinatology, 2022 Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of death and disability from gastrointestinal disease in premature infants. The mortality of patients with NEC is approximately 30%, a figure that has not changed in many decades, reflecting the need ...
Carla M. Lopez +6 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis [PDF]
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2001 Improvement in survival rates of low birth-weight infants particularly in the neonatal intensive care units of India appears to be accompanied by frequent recognition of Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among early survivors. As the philosophy and practice of advanced care for tiny infants becomes more acceptable and affordable in the country, a steady ...
Kulkarni, Anjali, Vigneswaran, R.
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Entero-colonic Fistula Secondary to Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infant: A Case Report [PDF]
Neonatal 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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Fecal filtrate transplantation protects against necrotizing enterocolitis
The ISME Journal, 2021 Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a life-threatening gastrointestinal disorder afflicting preterm infants, which is currently unpreventable. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising preventive therapy, but the transfer of pathogenic ...
Anders Brunse +9 more
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Probiotics for Preventing Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants: A Network Meta-Analysis
Nutrients, 2021 Background: Recent evidence supports a role of probiotics in preventing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants. Methods: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the role of probiotics in ...
Isadora Beghetti +6 more
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Assessment of Nurses' Performance Regarding Care for Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis at Intensive Care Units [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2018 Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis is an acquired condition. It is the most common gastrointestinal emergency in the neonatal period and manifested by ischemic necrosis of the intestinal mucosa.
Rehab. Ali +3 more
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Frontiers 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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Microbiology spectrum, 2021 Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal disease occurring predominantly in premature infants whose etiology is still not fully understood.
C. Tarracchini +20 more
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Maternal aryl hydrocarbon receptor activation protects newborns against necrotizing enterocolitis
Nature Communications, 2021 Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a disease of premature infants characterized by acute intestinal necrosis. Current dogma suggests that NEC develops in response to post-natal dietary and bacterial factors, and so a potential role for in utero factors ...
Peng Lu +12 more
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Pediatrics 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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