Risk factors and differences in the presentation of NEC in preterm and full-term infants are compared and contrasted. The interaction between mucosal injury, infection, enteral feedings ...

Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common and serious intestinal disease among premature babies. It occurs when ...

Benjamin, RNC, MSN, NNP Echevarria Ybarguengoitia, using bililabstix to prospectively evaluate occult hematochezia in 300 premature newborns, reported a 0.47% incidence of NEC in infants who had ...

Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an ...

"NEC is the most important disease that most people have probably never heard of. The impact of this disease on premature infants and their families is great, and is made worse by the fact that ...