More than a gut feeling: predicting surgical necrotising enterocolitis

More than a gut feeling: predicting surgical necrotising enterocolitis

[...]as more extremely premature infants survive, the incidence appears to be increasing worldwide. 1 Severe NEC is characterised by coagulative necrosis of the distal ileum and proximal colon with clinical presentation ranging from abdominal distension, pneumatosis intestinalis, frank blood in stoo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gut 2014-08, Vol.63 (8), p.1205-1206
1. Verfasser: Weitkamp, Jörn-Hendrik
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Antibiotics
Biomarkers
Biomarkers - urine
Disease prevention
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - urine
Female
Fibrinogen - urine
Gangrene
Humans
Male
Morbidity
Mortality
Peptides
Peptides - urine
Urine
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Zusammenfassung:[...]as more extremely premature infants survive, the incidence appears to be increasing worldwide. 1 Severe NEC is characterised by coagulative necrosis of the distal ileum and proximal colon with clinical presentation ranging from abdominal distension, pneumatosis intestinalis, frank blood in stools, intestinal gangrene, bowel perforation, sepsis and shock.
ISSN:0017-5749
1468-3288
DOI:10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305928