ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Bowel Dilatation on Initial Plane Abdominal Radiography May Help to Assess the Severity of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants.
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- Surgical Necrotising Enterocolitis (S-NEC): Where We Stand Today: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Characterizing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) Belly Syndrome in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- An improved joint non-negative matrix factorization for identifying surgical treatment timing of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences · 2022Article
- A new prognostic marker in patients undergoing Hartmann's procedure for acute tumoral obstruction of the left colon.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022Article
- Efficacy of abdominal ultrasound inspection in the diagnosis and prognosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2021Article
- Risk factors for complications of necrotizing enterocolitis in term neonates with congenital heart disease at a referral hospital in Colombia: A retrospective cohort study.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
- Analysis of agreement between specialists for the evaluation of radiological findings of necrotizing enterocolitis.Jornal de pediatriaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common life-threatening gastrointestinal emergency associated with prematurity. Timely diagnosis and adequate treatment are crucial to reduce the morbidity and mortality of the affected infants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic yield of bowel dilatation on plane abdominal radiography (AR) in the early diagnosis and NEC severity in preterm infants.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed initial ARs of 50 preterm infants with NEC ≥ stage II admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in a tertiary-care hospital. The largest bowel loops diameters (AD), the latero-lateral diameters of the peduncle of the first lumbar vertebra (L1), and the distance of the upper edge of the first lumbar vertebra and the lower edge of the second one, including the disc space (L1-L2), were measured. All anteroposterior ARs were done in a supine projection on the day of onset of the initial symptoms of NEC.
resultsPreterm infants with surgical NEC showed a statistically significant increase in the AD/L1 ratio (
conclusionBowel loop distension on initial AR may serve as an additional diagnostic tool in the early diagnosis and severity of stages II/III NEC. Further prospective clinical studies should validate the results from this study.
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