Laparotomy versus peritoneal drainage for necrotizing enterocolitis or isolated intestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants: Outcomes through 18 months adjusted age

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Blakely, Martin L ^a   Tyson, Jon E ^b   Lally, Kevin P ^a   McDonald, Scott ^c   Stoll, Barbara J ^d   Stevenson, David K ^e   Poole, W Kenneth ^c   Jobe, Alan H ^f   Wright, Linda L ^g   Higgins, Rosemary D ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal surgery; Neurodevelopmental outcomes

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WOUND DRAINAGE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646368137     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1273     Document Type: Article

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