ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Noninvasive Tools to Predict Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants with Congenital Heart Diseases: A Narrative Review.
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- Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Term Neonates with Critical Congenital Heart Disease: Associated Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Article
- Ultrasound for the Early Detection and Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Scoping Review of Emerging Evidence.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Identification and Functional Characterization of a NovelChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical value of quantitative echocardiographic features in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most frightening gastrointestinal emergency in newborns. Despite being primarily a disease of premature infants, neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at increased risk of development. Acute and chronic hemodynamic changes in this population may lead to mesenteric circulatory insufficiency.
objectivesIn this narrative review, we describe monitoring tools, alone or in multimodal use, that may help in the early recognition of patients with CHD at major risk of NEC development.
methodsWe focused on vital parameters, echocardiography, Doppler flowmetry, abdominal near-infrared spectroscopy (aNIRS), and abdominal ultrasound (aUS).
resultsThe number of studies on this topic is small and includes a wide range of patients' ages and types of CHD. Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO
conclusionsThis narrative review describes the current knowledge on bedside tools for the early prediction of cardiac NEC. Future research needs to further explore the use of easy-to-learn, reproducible instruments to assist patient status and monitor patient trends.
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