Laboratory parameters predictive of developing necrotizing enterocolitis in infants born before 33 weeks of gestation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 792-798

  Hällström, Minna ^a   Koivisto, Anna Maija ^a   Janas, Martii ^a   Tammela, Outi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Intestinal perforation; Metabolic acidosis; Platelets

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; SURFACTANT;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645291757     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.12.034     Document Type: Article

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