Open AccessDeveloping necrotizing enterocolitis: retrospective analysis of 1428 preterm infants at a level-III neonatal intensive care unit over a four years period
Author(s) -
Hakan Ongun,
Selim Demirezen,
Meltem Demir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2020.eng.405
Subject(s) - medicine , necrotizing enterocolitis , perforation , retrospective cohort study , enteral administration , pediatrics , neonatal intensive care unit , gestational age , parenteral nutrition , pregnancy , obstetrics , materials science , genetics , biology , punching , metallurgy
To investigate NEC frequency in premature infants and assess risk factors associated with disease-onset and progression to intestinal perforation.