A role for abdominal ultrasound in discriminating suspected necrotizing enterocolitis in congenital heart disease patients
| Autor: | David Zurakowski, Richard B. Parad, Ilse Castro-Aragon, Sarah A. Tracy, Alan M. Fujii, Steven J. Staffa, Catherine Chen, Judy A. Estroff, Stefanie P. Lazow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Heart Defects
Congenital medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Abdominal ultrasound Concordance Population Infant Newborn Diseases Enterocolitis Necrotizing Necrotizing enterocolitis Internal medicine Pediatric surgery medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases education Retrospective Studies Ultrasonography Congenital heart disease education.field_of_study business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine medicine.disease Exact test Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Gestation Surgery Original Article business Cardiac Pneumatosis Abdominal radiograph |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Surgery International |
| ISSN: | 1437-9813 |
| Popis: | Purpose We evaluated the diagnostic utility of abdominal ultrasound (AUS), an adjunct to abdominal X-ray (AXR), for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients. Methods 86 patients with suspected NEC from 2009 to 2018 were classified as with CHD (n = 18) if they required cardiac intervention versus without CHD (n = 68). Clinical and radiological data were collected, including AXR and AUS concordance. Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Fisher’s exact test were performed. Results CHD patients had higher birth weights (p |
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