There is an association between disease location and gestational age at birth in newborns submitted to surgery due to necrotizing enterocolitis

Autor: Letícia Feldens, João C. K. de Souza, José C. Fraga
Jazyk: portugalština
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), Vol 94, Iss 3, Pp 320-324 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2255-5536
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedp.2017.09.013
Popis: Objectives: To evaluate if there are differences regarding disease location and mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis, according to the gestational age at birth, in newborns submitted to surgery due to enterocolite. Methods: A historical cohort study of 198 newborns submitted to surgery due to necrotizing enterecolitis in a tertiary hospital, from November 1991 to December 2012. The newborns were divided into different categories according to gestational age (
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