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Necrotizing enterocolitis in the full‐term neonate
Author(s) -
Ng SCY
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2001.00584.x
Subject(s) - medicine , necrotizing enterocolitis , etiology , intensive care medicine , enterocolitis , epidemiology , pediatrics , pathogenesis , term (time) , physics , quantum mechanics
: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a relatively common disorder of multifactorial aetiology that primarily affects preterm newborns, but has been reported to occur in the full‐term neonate as well. This review focuses on known and recent developments in the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management and prevention of NEC in the full‐term neonate.