Sonographic and radiographic imaging features of the neonate with necrotizing enterocolitis: Correlating findings with outcomes

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1444-1452

  Muchantef, Karl ^a,b   Epelman, Monica ^a,c   Darge, Kassa ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh ^a   Laje, Pablo ^a   Anupindi, Sudha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonatal; US

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DILATATION; ECHOGENIC BOWEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE LOOP; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PERFUSION; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE WALL; INTRAPERITONEAL GAS; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL FLUID; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THICKNESS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84886412270     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2725-y     Document Type: Article

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