Radiographic predictors of disease severity in neonates and infants with necrotizing enterocolitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1408-1413

  Coursey, Courtney A ^a   Hollingsworth, Caroline L ^a   Wriston, Cooper ^a   Beam, Craig ^a   Rice, Henry ^a   Bisset III, George ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal radiography; Duke abdominal assessment scale; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal imaging; Pediatric imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUKE ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFANT; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70449503649     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.2306     Document Type: Article

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