Necrotizing enterocolitis

Loretto Ann Glynn

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1565-1_76

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Loretto Ann Glynn^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Surgery

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Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common surgical emergency encountered in the neonatal intensive care unit. NEC occurs in 1-3/1,000 live births. Over 90 % of infants affected are premature and weigh less than 2,000 g. As advances in neonatal care have led to increased survival rates of infants of even smaller birth weight and earlier gestational age, the incidence of NEC has increased. The mortality for infants with NEC is 10-50 % with a decrease of surgical mortality to 20-50 %.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Common Surgical Diseases
Subtitle of host publication	An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, Third Edition
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	299-301
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781493915651
ISBN (Print)	9781493915644
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1565-1_76
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

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