Neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants after necrotizing enterocolitis

SR Hintz, DE Kendrick, BJ Stoll, BR Vohr… - …, 2005 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a significant complication for the premature
infant. However, subsequent neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes of extremely low
birth weight (ELBW) infants with NEC have not been well described. We hypothesized that
ELBW infants with surgically managed (SurgNEC) are at greater risk for poor
neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes than infants with medically managed NEC
(MedNEC) compared with infants without a history of NEC (NoNEC). The objective of this …