Discrimination of GutCheck NEC: A clinical risk index for necrotizing enterocolitis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 468-475

  Gephart, S M ^a   Spitzer, A R ^b   Effken, J A ^a   Dodd, E ^b   Halpern, M ^c   McGrath, J M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MILRINONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CALIBRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUTCHECK NEC; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84901805887     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.37     Document Type: Article

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