Necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants in italy: Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-210

  Gagliardi, Luigi ^a,b   Bellù, Roberto ^b,c   Cardilli, Viviana ^c   De Curtis, Mario ^c  

^a Ospedale Versilia   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Necrotising enterocolitis; Randomeffects logistic regression; Risk factors; Variation in incidence

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE OF ONSET; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 56049101409     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318174e855     Document Type: Article

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