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ArticleMaternal health, neonatology and perinatology2021

Case report: necrotizing enterocolitis with a transverse colonic perforation in a 2-day old term neonate and literature review.

Jo-Anna Hudson, Simon Byrns, Elizabeth Nizalik, Emanuela Ferretti

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Article in Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jo-Anna HudsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Simon ByrnsDepartment of Pediatric General Surgery, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Elizabeth NizalikDepartment of Pathology, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Emanuela FerrettiDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. eferretti@toh.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1741-4333
University of Ottawa · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), while classically discussed in preterm and low birth weight neonates, also occurs in the term infant and accounts for 10% of all NEC cases. Despite there being fewer reported cases of NEC in term infants, these presentations demonstrate differences in the onset, severity and risk factors from the classic presentation observed in premature infants. We present a novel case of term NEC that contravenes the reported literature making departures from clinical presentation, risk factors and location of perforation in an otherwise healthy term two-day old infant born after an uncomplicated pregnancy who presented with hematochezia. CASE PRESENTATION: A healthy term baby born after an uneventful pregnancy presented with bloody stool at 2 days of life who was otherwise well. Investigations revealed pneumoperitoneum from a large proximal transverse colonic perforation secondary to NEC. No typical risk factors for NEC were found.

conclusionGiven the life-threatening potential of an unrecognized perforation we recommend the inclusion of NEC on the differential for neonatal hematochezia.

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Case reportColonic perforationHematocheziaNecrotizing enterocolitisTerm neonate

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