There is an association between disease location and gestational age at birth in newborns submitted to surgery due to necrotizing enterocolitis

Objectives: To evaluate if there are differences regarding disease location and mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis, according to the gestational age at birth, in newborns submitted to surgery due to enterocolite. Methods: A historical cohort study of 198 newborns submitted to surgery due to necr...

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Main Authors: Letícia Feldens, João C.K. de Souza, José C. Fraga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755717301419