A role for abdominal ultrasound in discriminating suspected necrotizing enterocolitis in congenital heart disease patients

Study comparing 86 neonates with suspected NEC found that congenital heart disease patients present with distinct clinical features and less frequent ultrasound findings of pneumatosis compared to non-CHD patients. Abdominal ultrasound proved particularly valuable in CHD patients for assessing bowel viability, with discordant AXR findings occurring 3.9-fold more often in this population.