Surgical strategies for necrotising enterocolitis: A survey of practice in the United Kingdom

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Rees, C M ^b   Hall, N J ^b   Eaton, S ^b   Pierro, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JEJUNOSTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; BODY WEIGHT; DRAINAGE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LAPAROTOMY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744293127     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.051862     Document Type: Review

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