Directory of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Resources

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Affects mainly premature babies and seriously ill neonates. It is the most common surgical emergency in newborns. NEC accounts for 15% of deaths in premature babies weighing less than 1500 grams. Overall death from those babies with NEC is 25%.

Resources in This Category

• eMedicine- Necrotizing Enterocolitis

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/977956-overview
  Article by Shelley C Springer, MD, on this disorder that mainly affects premature babies.

• MedlinePlus

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001148.htm
  Diagnosis and treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis.

 

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