Journal article
Potential Prenatal Origins of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Gastroenterology clinics of North America, Vol.50(2), pp.431-444
06/01/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.006
PMID: 34024450
Abstract
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a serious and yet incompletely understood gastrointestinal disease of infancy that predominately impacts premature neonates. Prevention is a key strategy for the management of necrotizing enterocolitis. Although postnatal risk factors have been the focus of prevention efforts, obstetric complications, including intrauterine inflammation and infection, growth restriction, preeclampsia, and prenatal medications, have been associated with an increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis. This article reviews the evidence behind the prenatal risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis, and discusses how these risk factors may elucidate the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis and provide insight into prevention and treatment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Potential Prenatal Origins of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
- Creators
- Sarah N. Watson - University of IowaSteven J. McElroy - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Gastroenterology clinics of North America, Vol.50(2), pp.431-444
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.gtc.2021.02.006
- PMID
- 34024450
- ISSN
- 0889-8553
- eISSN
- 1558-1942
- Number of pages
- 14
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984320849702771
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