ReviewBMC gastroenterology2022
Value of abdominal ultrasonography in predicting intestinal resection for premature infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.
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- Surgical Necrotising Enterocolitis (S-NEC): Where We Stand Today: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- [Ultrasound diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Article
- Comparison of bedside abdominal ultrasonography and abdominal radiography in predicting surgical intervention in neonatal necrotising enterocolitis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Surgical Intervention in Preterm Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predicting surgical NEC in neonates: risk factors and model development.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Ultrasound combined with serological markers for predicting neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Surgery for intestinal injuries in very preterm infants: a Norwegian population-based study with a new approach to disease classification.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Article
- Surgical prediction of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis based on radiomics and clinical information.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2024Article
- Values of serum intestinal fatty acid-binding protein, fecal calprotectin, and fecal human β-defensin 2 for predicting necrotizing enterocolitis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- [ROC curves: general characteristics and their usefulness in clinical practice].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023Article
- A Nomogram for Predicting Surgical Timing in Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Neonatologist-performed point-of-care abdominal ultrasound: What have we learned so far?Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundAbdominal ultrasonography (AUS) has been suggested to be valuable in the early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
objectiveHere, we intended to assess the efficiency of abdominal ultrasound in terms of predicting bowel resection in infants with NEC.
methodsFrom January 2018 to March 2021, 164 hospitalized children with NEC who underwent surgical management were enrolled. The enrolled infants were separated into two groups according to whether they underwent bowel resection. We reviewed the clinical data, as well as dynamic sonographic and abdominal radiographic (AR) parameters. The potential performance of AUS parameters was identified and compared with that of AR using a logistic regression analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.
resultsSeveral parameters were detected to be statistically significant in predicting the occurrence of bowel resection, including thick to thin transformation [p < 0.001, odds ratios (OR), 4.38; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.26-8.52], absence of peristalsis certain areas (p = 0.001, OR, 2.99; 95% CI 1.53-5.86), absence of bowel wall perfusion (p < 0.001, OR 10.56; 95% CI 5.09-21.90), and portal venous gas (p = 0.016, OR, 2.21; 95% CI 1.12-4.37). Furthermore, the ROC curve analysis showed significant differences (p = 0.0021) in the area under the receiver operating curve (AUROC) for the logistic models of AUS (AUROC: 0.755, 95% CI 0.660-0.849) and AR (AUROC: 0.693, 95% CI 0.597-0.789) for the prediction of intestinal resection.
conclusionsA dynamic AUS examination play an important role to indicate the potential for bowel loss during the surgery.
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