Necrotising enterocolitis
Necrotising enterocolitis
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of infants and the commonest gastrointestinal emergency in the newborn period. It is a condition characterised by intestinal necrosis affecting the ileum and/or colon. There is a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. In the least severe cases there may be mild inflammation of the intestinal wall in a baby with mild abdominal distension and minimal systemic upset. The most severely affected cases, however, may show evidence of full thickness intestinal necrosis with perforation, respiratory and cardiovascular collapse, multi-system organ failure and in some cases death.
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Hall, Nigel
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Eaton, Simon
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Pierro, Agostino
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24 May 2018
Hall, Nigel
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Eaton, Simon
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Pierro, Agostino
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Hall, Nigel, Eaton, Simon and Pierro, Agostino
(2018)
Necrotising enterocolitis.
In,
Losty, Paul D., Flake, Alan W., Rintala, Risto J., Hutson, John M. and Iwai, Naomi
(eds.)
Rickham's Neonatal Surgery.
1st ed.
Springer London, .
(doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_38).
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Abstract
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of infants and the commonest gastrointestinal emergency in the newborn period. It is a condition characterised by intestinal necrosis affecting the ileum and/or colon. There is a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. In the least severe cases there may be mild inflammation of the intestinal wall in a baby with mild abdominal distension and minimal systemic upset. The most severely affected cases, however, may show evidence of full thickness intestinal necrosis with perforation, respiratory and cardiovascular collapse, multi-system organ failure and in some cases death.
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Published date: 24 May 2018
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Simon Eaton
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Agostino Pierro
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Paul D. Losty
Editor:
Alan W. Flake
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Risto J. Rintala
Editor:
John M. Hutson
Editor:
Naomi Iwai
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