Necrotizing enterocolitis in a 850 gram infant receiving sorbitol-free sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate): Clinical and histopathologic findings

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-249

  Rugolotto, S ^a   Gruber, M ^a   Solano, P D ^a   Chini, L ^a   Gobbo, S ^a   Pecori, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; ENEMA; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; INSULIN; NITROGEN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL; SORBITOL; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANASTOMOSIS; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM MUCOSA; ILEUM RESECTION; INFANT; INTESTINAL FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; OSMOLARITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREMATURITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; POLYSTYRENES; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33947614129     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211677     Document Type: Article

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