The Ultra Low Birth Weight (LBW) Infants May Be Particularly Vulnerable to Intestinal Perforation (IP) 1103

Autor: Nancy L Brodsky, Rachel Porat
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Pediatric Research. 43:189-189
ISSN: 1530-0447
0031-3998
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199804001-01124
Popis: Reports indicate that for preterm infants intestinal perforation (IP) is an emerging disease (Acta Ped 1996). Others quote high mortality (48%) with NEC and perforation (Surgery 1996) but no specific cause is delineated. Recently, we experienced an increased incidence of IP in ELBW infants.
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