The effect of gestational age on clinical and radiological presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis
Author / Expert
Elena Palleri, Ida Aghamn, Tomas S. Bexelius, Marco Bartocci, Tomas Wester
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Abstract
Background/purpose
To test the hypothesis that clinical and radiological features of necrotizing enterocolitis vary with gestational age in all neonates with NEC and in subgroup of surgically treated patients.
Methods
This was a retrospective study case series. NEC cases treated in Stockholm County from 2009 to 2014 were identified in the National Quality Register. Patients were included in the study if they had a verified NEC diagnosis and they were divided into 2 groups according to the gestational age.
Results
A total of 89 patients were included. Of these 60 (67.4%) neonates had a gestational age
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