Hall, NJ;
Eaton, S;
Pierro, A;
(2018)
Necrotising Enterocolitis.
In: Losty, PD and Flake, AW and Rintala, RJ and Hutson, JM and Iwai, N, (eds.)
Rickham's Neonatal Surgery.
(pp. 777-787).
Springer: London, UK.
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Abstract
Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of infants and the commonest gastrointestinal emergency in the newborn period. It is a condition characterised by intestinal necrosis affecting the ileum and/or colon. There is a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. In the least severe cases there may be mild inflammation of the intestinal wall in a baby with mild abdominal distension and minimal systemic upset. The most severely affected cases, however, may show evidence of full thickness intestinal necrosis with perforation, respiratory and cardiovascular collapse, multi-system organ failure and in some cases death.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Necrotising Enterocolitis |
| ISBN: | 1447147219 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781447147213 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_38 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_38 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), Bell’s classification, Staging, Peritoneal drainage, Surgery, Stomas, RCTs |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053779 |
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