ArticlePediatric research2021
Near-infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.
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- Perioperative Monitoring of Regional Oxygen Saturation in Congenital Heart Disease: Systematic Review of Literature up to 2023.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of nutrition on mesenteric oxygenation among neonates with neonatal encephalopathy: a randomized clinical trial.Pediatric research · 2025Trial
- Quantitative assessment of gastrointestinal motility in neonatal rats by real-time 3D photoacoustic imaging: A feasibility study.Photoacoustics · 2026Article
- Photoacoustic imaging of intestinal physiological biomarkers in infants and children.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Temporal trends in heart rate characteristic index preceding necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.Journal of neonatal-perinatal medicine · 2026Article
- Imaging and Non-Imaging Approaches for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Necrotizing Enterocolitis-What Lies Ahead?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Deep learning feature-based model on abdominal radiography outperforms experts for early necrotizing enterocolitis diagnosis in neonates.European radiology · 2026Article
- Necrotizing enterocolitis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026Review
- Clinical Impact of the PDA and Its Management on Outcomes of Preterm Infants with NEC: A Review.American journal of perinatology · 2026Review
- [Recent advances in predicting the surgical timing for neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Review
- Association between the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis and intrauterine growth: a multicenter cohort study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal emergencies and monitoring in preterm infants: a review.Annals of medicine · 2025Review
- Utility of Abdominal Near Infrared Spectroscopy in the Management of Neonates: A Review.American journal of perinatology · 2025Review
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis: What's New and What's Next?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Comprehensive Review on Toll-like Receptor 4-Mediated Pathophysiology, Clinical, and Therapeutic Insights.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Photoacoustic imaging for non-invasive assessment of biomarkers of intestinal injury in experimental necrotizing enterocolitis.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- The Inadequate Oxygen Delivery Index and Its Correlation with Venous Saturation in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.Pediatric cardiology · 2025Article
- Using Vital Signs for the Early Prediction of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Neonates with Machine Learning.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Near-infrared spectroscopy for perioperative assessment and neonatal interventions.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- [Application of near-infrared spectroscopy in the early identification of neonatal gastrointestinal diseases].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to investigate whether splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation (r
methodsWe retrospectively included infants with suspected NEC, gestational age <32 weeks and/or birth weight <1200 g in the first 3 weeks after birth. We calculated mean r
resultsOf the 75 infants, 21 (28%) had NEC (Bell's stage ≥2). Characteristics of infants with and without NEC differed only on mechanical ventilation and nil-per-os status. R
conclusionsUsing NIRS, high SCOR may confirm NEC and high variability of r IMPACT: Near-infrared spectroscopy may contribute to the diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis. When clinical signs are present a high splanchnic-cerebral oxygenation may indicate necrotizing enterocolitis. A low splanchnic-cerebral oxygenation ratio and high variability of splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation may rule out necrotizing enterocolitis. Whether a bedside real-time availability of the splanchnic-cerebral oxygenation ratio and variability of splanchnic tissue oxygen saturation improves NEC diagnosis needs to be further investigated.
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