Portal venous gas detected by ultrasound differentiates surgical NEC from other acquired neonatal intestinal diseases

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Bohnhorst, B ^a   Kuebler, J F ^a   Rau, G ^b   Gluer, S ^a   Ure, B ^a   Doerdelmann, M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Diakonissenanstalt zu Flensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gordon's classification; necrotizing enterocolitis; portal venous gas; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACQUIRED NEONATAL INTESTINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VENOUS GAS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951556200     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1265204     Document Type: Article

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