Intestinal failure after necrotising enterocolitis: incidence and risk factors in a Swedish population-based longitudinal study

• Main Authors: Jonas F Ludvigsson (Author), Tomas Sjoberg Bexelius (Author), Margareta Ahle (Author), Anders Elfvin (Author), Oscar Björling (Author), Roland E Andersson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and objective Paediatric intestinal failure (IF) is a disease entity characterised by gut insufficiency often related to short bowel syndrome. It is commonly caused by surgical removal of a large section of the small intestine in association with necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), which usu...