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Necrotising Enterocolitis

, 2018
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of infants and the commonest gastrointestinal emergency in the newborn period. It is a condition characterised by intestinal necrosis affecting the ileum and/or colon. There is a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations.
Hall, Nigel, Eaton, Simon, Pierro, Agostino   +2 more
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Benefits of prenatal and postnatal vitamin D supplementation

Journal of Medical Science, 2021
The best evidence for the role of vitamin D in infants is its influence on skeletal growth, however, the pleiotropic actions of vitamin D in the foetus and neonates are under-researched.
Alicja Kołodziejczyk-Nowotarska, Renata Bokiniec, Joanna Seliga-Siwecka   +2 more
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Volvulus in very-low-birth-weight preterm infants enrolled in the German Neonatal Network: prevalence, mortality, and outcome

BMC Pediatrics
Background Volvulus is an emergency condition, but data on its prevalence and outcome in preterm infants are scarce. Methods We analysed data from the German Neonatal Network and conducted structured literature review on the primary hospital stay of very-
Bastian Siller, Mats Ingmar Fortmann, Henry Kipke, Martina Kohl-Sobiana, Kianusch Tafazzoli-Lari, Wolfgang Göpel, Guido Stichtenoth   +6 more
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Necrotising enterocolitis: Case series, of General Hospital of Mexico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga

Revista Médica del Hospital General de México, 2018
Background: Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is an acute inflammatory condition of the colon involving a wide range of diseases with one end result: necrosis.
L. Sansón-Riofrío, V.R. Chávez-Gómez, M.P. Peralta-Álvarez, M.A. Durán-Padilla   +3 more
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Feeding Neonates and Infants Prior to Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Children, 2022
Background: Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in neonates requiring cardiac surgery. Feeding practices vary significantly across institutions and remain controversial.
Douglas Bell, Jessica Suna, Supreet P. Marathe, Gopinath Perumal, Kim S. Betts, Prem Venugopal, Nelson Alphonso, QPCR Group   +7 more
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Successful colonoscopic-guided balloon dilation of post-anastomotic stricture in infant: a preliminary report from tertiary care hospital Karachi-Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Post-anastomotic strictures, particularly those arising from surgical interventions like right hemicolectomy for necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), present a prevalent and challenging issue in the paediatric setting.
Dur-e-Shahwar, Bakhtawar Dilawar, Kamran Sadiq, Saleem Islam   +3 more
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Curcumin improves necrotising microscopic colitis and cell pyroptosis by activating SIRT1/NRF2 and inhibiting the TLR4 signalling pathway in newborn rats

Innate Immunity, 2020
This study aimed to explore comprehensively the biological function of curcumin, and its underlying mechanism, in protecting from necrotising microscopic colitis in newborn rats.
Yiyu Yin, Xiaole Wu, Bei Peng, Huaxin Zou, Shixian Li, Jian Wang, Junhua Cao   +6 more
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Use of ranitidine is associated with infections in newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit: a cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The inhibition of gastric acid secretion with ranitidine is frequently prescribed off-label to newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
Ruth N. S. Santana, Victor S. Santos, Ruy F. Ribeiro-Júnior, Marina S. Freire, Maria A. S. Menezes, Rosana Cipolotti, Ricardo Q. Gurgel   +6 more
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Tailoring Human Milk Oligosaccharides to Prevent Necrotising Enterocolitis Among Preterm Infants

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease affecting preterm infants, with little improvement in mortality rates and treatment strategies in the last 30 years.
Safiyyah Abbas, Amy K. Keir, Amy K. Keir, Amy K. Keir, Amy K. Keir, Maria Makrides, Maria Makrides, Laura D. Klein, Luke E. Grzeskowiak, Luke E. Grzeskowiak, Andrew J. McPhee, Alice R. Rumbold, Alice R. Rumbold, Alice R. Rumbold   +13 more
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Matrix Metalloproteinases in Necrotising Enterocolitis [PDF]

Pediatric Research, 2003
Elevated cytokines, especially TNF-alpha, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). We have previously shown that TNF-alpha drives the production of matrix degrading enzymes, the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), in the gut wall.
Pender, Sylvia L.F., Braegger, Christian, Günther, Ute, Monteleone, Giovanni, Meuli, Martin, Schuppan, Detlef, MacDonald, Thomas Thornton   +6 more
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