Necrotizing enterocolitis in low birth weight infants in China: Mortality risk factors expressed by birth weight categories

• Main Authors: Tian Qian (Author), Rong Zhang (Author), Li Zhu (Author), Peng Shi (Author), Jie Yang (Author), Chang-yi Yang (Author), Dong-mei Chen (Author), Jing-yun Shi (Author), Xiao-guang Zhou (Author), Yin-ping Qiu (Author), Yong Yang (Author), Ling He (Author), Shao-ru He (Author), Yun-tao Cao (Author), Qiu-fen Wei (Author), Manoj Kumar (Author), Chao Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We retrospectively investigated incidence, morbidity, and mortality of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis in China, with special emphasis on determining the predictors of necrotizing enterocolitis associated mortality. Methods: We identified neonates as having necrotizing enterocolitis i...