Time of Onset of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Focal Perforation in Preterm Infants: Impact on Clinical, Surgical, and Histological Features

Time of Onset of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Focal Perforation in Preterm Infants: Impact on Clinical, Surgical, and Histological Features

Objective: There is no gold standard test for diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Timing of onset is used in some definitions and studies in an attempt to separate NEC from focal intestinal perforation (FIP) with 14 days used as a cutoff. In a large, detailed data set we aimed to compare N...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in pediatrics 2021-09, Vol.9, p.724280-724280
Hauptverfasser: Berrington, Janet Elizabeth, Embleton, Nicholas David
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Sprache:eng
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diagnosis
focal perforation
necrotising enterocolitis
Pediatrics
preterm infants
timing
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: There is no gold standard test for diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Timing of onset is used in some definitions and studies in an attempt to separate NEC from focal intestinal perforation (FIP) with 14 days used as a cutoff. In a large, detailed data set we aimed to compare NEC and FIP in preterm infants born
ISSN:2296-2360
2296-2360
DOI:10.3389/fped.2021.724280