Evidence-based prevention and surgical treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis-A review of randomized controlled trials

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-121

  Raval, Mehul V ^a   Hall, Nigel J ^b,c   Pierro, Agostino ^d   Moss, R Lawrence ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laparotomy; Necrotizing enterocolitis; NECSTEPS trial; NEST trial; NET trial; Peritoneal drainage; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERITONEAL DRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST FEEDING; DRAINAGE; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LAPAROTOMY; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876704076     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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