Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants After Necrotizing Enterocolitis

2005758 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Susan R. Hintz · Stanford University

Douglas E. Kendrick · RTI International

Barbara J. Stoll · Emory University

Betty R. Vohr · Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Avroy A. Fanaroff · Case Western Reserve University

Edward F. Donovan · University of Cincinnati

W. Kenneth Poole

Abstract

Among ELBW infants, SurgNEC is associated with significant growth delay and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 to 22 months' corrected age compared with NoNEC. MedNEC does not seem to confer additional risk. SurgNEC is likely to be associated with greater severity of disease.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Infant Development and Preterm Care Infant Nutrition and Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 115, Issue 3, pp. 696-703

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0569

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