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

• Päätekijät: Janet Elizabeth Berrington (Tekijä), Nicholas David Embleton (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...