Appendicitis in a baby born to a woman with preeclampsia

• Main Authors: Andrea Sarzosa (Author), Jacob Rodríguez (Author), Edy Quizhpe (Author), Carlos Espinosa (Author), Enrique Teran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal appendicitis is a rare and difficult to diagnose condition but with a high mortality. Co-morbidities as necrotizing enterocolitis or Hirschsprung disease are commonly associated, but other conditions as fetal hypoxia or prematurity are considered also as risk factors. Here is reported a cas...