Coming full circle: An evidence-based definition of the timing and type of surgical management of very low-birth-weight (<1000 g) infants with signs of acute intestinal perforation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 418-422

  Tepas III, Joseph J ^a   Sharma, Renu ^a   Hudak, Mark L ^a   Garrison, Robert D ^a   Pieper, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory laparotomy; Intestinal perforation; Metabolic derangement; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Peritoneal drainage; Sepsis; Very low birth weight Infants

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; AIR EMBOLISM; BACTEREMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ACUTE DISEASE; DRAINAGE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32544445594     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.11.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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