Incidence of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis in high-income countries: A systematic review

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2018, Pages F182-F189

  Battersby, Cheryl ^a   Santhalingam, Tharsika ^b   Costeloe, Kate ^c   Modi, Neena ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

babies; high income; incidence; necrotising enterocolitis; preterm

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVE BIRTH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 85042946925     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313880     Document Type: Review

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