Necrotizing enterocolitis: An update

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Berman, Loren ^a   Moss, R Lawrence ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal mortality; Outcomes; Prevention

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955957640     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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