Prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: A 20-year experience

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Pietz, Jeff ^a,b   Achanti, Babu ^a,b   Lilien, Lawrence ^c   Stepka, Erin Clifford ^a,b   Mehta, Sudhir Ken ^a  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pediatrix Medical Group   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Feeding; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; NEWBORN;

DEXAMETHASONE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE;

EID: 33846933119     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0521     Document Type: Article

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