Necrotizing enterocolitis following the surgical repair of a left congenital diaphragmatic hernia

• Main Authors: Benjamin J. Blaise (Author), Delphine Demède (Author), Rémi Dubois (Author), Olivier Claris (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in neonatal intensive care units. It often occurs in preterms with a low birth weight, associating infectious and vascular phenomena in a context of immune system immaturity. This leads to the alteration of the intestin...