Can we cut the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in half today

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-198

  Christensen, Robert D ^a   Gordon, Philip V ^b   Besner, Gail E ^c  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

disease prevention; heparin binding epidermal growth factor like growth factor (HB EGF); necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC); neonatal surgery; neonatology

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HBEGF PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BREAST MILK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT FEEDING; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION; BABY FOOD; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DIET THERAPY; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEPARIN-BINDING EGF-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MILK, HUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77954476426     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15513815.2010.483874     Document Type: Review

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