Nehama Linder, Naama Hammel, Adriana Hernandez, Elena Fridman, Elena Dlugy, Tina Herscovici, Gil Klinger
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Journal of pediatric surgery 2013 MarTo identify risk factors for intestinal perforation in very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Retrospective case-control study over a 10-year period, using univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare all VLBW infants treated for perforated NEC, with two age and weight-matched groups: infants with non-perforated NEC and infants without NEC. Twenty infants with perforated NEC were matched to 20 infants with non-perforated NEC and 38 infants without NEC. Infants with perforated NEC were younger (p<0.01) and had higher rates of abdominal distention, metabolic acidosis, hyperglycemia and elevated liver enzymes (p<0.05). On logistic regression analysis, abdominal distention was associated with an increased risk of intestinal perforation (OR 39.8, 95% CI 2.71-585) and late onset of NEC (one-day increments) was associated with a decreased risk (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.87-1.0). Identification of abdominal distention at an early age in VLBW infants should lead to increased vigilance for signs of perforated NEC and may enable early intervention. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Nehama Linder, Naama Hammel, Adriana Hernandez, Elena Fridman, Elena Dlugy, Tina Herscovici, Gil Klinger. Intestinal perforation in very-low-birth-weight infants with necrotizing enterocolitis. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2013 Mar;48(3):562-7
PMID: 23480913
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