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Background: Data regarding the incidence and mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis trends are scarce in the literature. Recently, some preventive strategies have been confirmed (probiotics) or increased (breastfeeding rate).
Carlos Zozaya +10 more
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Necrosantizing enterocolitis constitutes the most frequent and devastator gastrointestinal emergency in newborn patients, affecting especially premature patients and those with low weight (< 1500 g) during the two first weeks of life, that by some motive
Guillermo Bauzá López +5 more
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Purpose: Necrotizing enterocolitis is one of the important problems of premature infants. The incidence is about 1-5% in infants followed in neonatal care units and inversely related to gestational age and birth weight.
Ferda Ozlu +5 more
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Premature infants are highly vulnerable to aberrant gastrointestinal tract colonization, a process that may lead to diseases like necrotizing enterocolitis. Thus, spread of potential pathogens among hospitalized infants is of great concern.
Tali Raveh-Sadka +10 more
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THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING: A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS [PDF]
A minimum of $3.6 billion would be saved if breastfeeding were increased from current levels (64 percent in-hospital, 29 percent at 6 months) to those recommended by the U.S. Surgeon General (75 and 50 percent).
Weimer, Jon P.
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Anaerobic Antimicrobial Therapy After Necrotizing Enterocolitis in VLBW Infants [PDF]
To evaluate the effect of anaerobic antimicrobial therapy for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on clinical outcomes in very low birth weight (≤1500 g ...
Autmizguine, J. +7 more
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MALFORMATIONS OF INTESTINE IN PREMATURE INFANTS UNDER THE MASK OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
Some congenital malformations of the gastrointestinal tract in premature infants are difficult to diagnose due to a lack of specific clinical picture. As a rule, they are masked under necrotizing enterocolitis resulting in the improper management of such
Yu. I. Kucherov +3 more
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Stricture after Necrotizing Enterocolitis
To the Editor: Kliegman and Fanaroff indicate that intestinal strictures are present in as many as 10 per cent of patients after necrotizing enterocolitis (April 26 issue).1 In contrast, my colleagues and I reviewed our data retrospectively and found a ...
Bouton, Jean Marie +4 more
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Microvillus Inclusion Disease Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Premature Infant
Microvillus inclusion disease is one of the congenital diarrheal disorders characterized by the appearance of inclusion bodies on the intestinal epithelium.
Ersin Sayar +8 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis is a gastrointestinal emergency typical of premature infants. Intestinal strictures infrequently complicate medical or surgical treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis.
Gitto, E. +6 more
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