Preventive strategies and factors associated with surgically treated necrotising enterocolitis in extremely preterm infants: an international unit survey linked with retrospective cohort data analysis

ObjectivesTo compare necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) prevention practices and NEC associated factors between units from eight countries of the International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes of Neonates, and to assess their association with surgical NEC rates.DesignProspective unit-level survey com...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ open 2019-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e031086-e031086
Hauptverfasser:	Adams, Mark, Bassler, Dirk, Darlow, Brian A, Lui, Kei, Reichman, Brian, Hakansson, Stellan, Norman, Mikael, Lee, Shoo K, Helenius, Kjell K, Lehtonen, Liisa, San Feliciano, Laura, Vento, Maximo, Moroni, Marco, Beltempo, Marc, Yang, Junmin, Shah, Prakesh S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial infections Disease prevention Gangrene Gastrointestinal diseases Intensive care Medicin och hälsovetenskap Mortality Necrosis Neonatal care Newborn babies Paediatrics Pediatrics Premature babies Premature birth Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	ObjectivesTo compare necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) prevention practices and NEC associated factors between units from eight countries of the International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes of Neonates, and to assess their association with surgical NEC rates.DesignProspective unit-level survey combined with retrospective cohort study.SettingNeonatal intensive care units in Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Tuscany (Italy).PatientsExtremely preterm infants born between 240 to 286 weeks’ gestation, with birth weights
ISSN:	2044-6055 2044-6055
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031086