Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: A focus on

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Pellegrini, M ^a   Lagrasta, N ^b   Garcia Garcia C ^e   Campos Serna, J ^f   Zicari, E ^c   Marzocca, G ^d  

^a Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^b Ostetricia e Medicina della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Neuropatogia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fullterm low birth weight baby; Management; Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis; Preterm infant; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARGININE; BICARBONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DOPAMINE; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METRONIDAZOLE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDOSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BREAST MILK; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG ABSORPTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036462115     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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