Necrotizing enterocolitis in low birth weight infants in China: Mortality risk factors expressed by birth weight categories

Background: We retrospectively investigated incidence, morbidity, and mortality of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis in China, with special emphasis on determining the predictors of necrotizing enterocolitis associated mortality. Methods: We identified neonates as having necrotizing enterocolitis i...

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Main Authors: Tian Qian, Rong Zhang, Li Zhu, Peng Shi, Jie Yang, Chang-yi Yang, Dong-mei Chen, Jing-yun Shi, Xiao-guang Zhou, Yin-ping Qiu, Yong Yang, Ling He, Shao-ru He, Yun-tao Cao, Qiu-fen Wei, Manoj Kumar, Chao Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187595721730219X