Preventing severe necrotizing enterocolitis: Propensity score analysis of interventions associated with surgical NEC or NEC-associated death

To determine what modifiable interventions used in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are associated with severe necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) requiring surgical intervention. A retrospective review of patients treated for NEC at a tertiary hospital from 1991 to 2016 was performed. Patient ch...

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Published in:	Journal of pediatric surgery Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 828 - 833
Main Authors:	Cowap, Michael, Stepnuk, Danielle, Stockl, Christopher, Wolfe, Emma, Levesque, Matthew, Shawyer, Anna C., Balshaw, Rob, Lum Min, Suyin A., Keijzer, Richard
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-05-2023
Subjects:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Disease severity Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - complications Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - prevention & control Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - surgery Female Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Newborn, Diseases Intensive Care Units, Neonatal Necrotizing enterocolitis NICU Propensity Score Retrospective Studies Risk factors Umbilical catheters Disease severity UVC Umbilical catheters UAC NSAIDs Necrotizing enterocolitis NICU NEC Risk factors
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