Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors were estimated for necrotising enterocolitis in 2035 very low birth weight infants, admitted to 14 tertiary-level neonatal intensive care units in Lombardy, northern Italy. There were 62 necrotising enterocolitis cases, with an overall incidence of 3.1%. After adjustment for gestational age and centre, the risk factors were mechanical ventilation, patent ductus arteriosus, and late-onset sepsis, whereas surfactant treatment was associated with decreased risk. Significant variations in necrotising enterocolitis incidence among hospitals were found.

Necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants in Italy: Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors / Luigi, Gagliardi; Roberto, Bellu; Viviana, Cardilli; DE CURTIS, Mario; Network Neonatale, Lombardo. - In: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. - ISSN 0277-2116. - STAMPA. - 47:2(2008), pp. 206-210. [10.1097/mpg.0b013e318174e855]

Necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants in Italy: Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors

DE CURTIS, MARIO;
2008

Abstract

Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors were estimated for necrotising enterocolitis in 2035 very low birth weight infants, admitted to 14 tertiary-level neonatal intensive care units in Lombardy, northern Italy. There were 62 necrotising enterocolitis cases, with an overall incidence of 3.1%. After adjustment for gestational age and centre, the risk factors were mechanical ventilation, patent ductus arteriosus, and late-onset sepsis, whereas surfactant treatment was associated with decreased risk. Significant variations in necrotising enterocolitis incidence among hospitals were found.
2008
cohort studies; necrotising enterocolitis; randomeffects logistic regression; risk factors; variation in incidence
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Necrotising enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants in Italy: Incidence and non-nutritional risk factors / Luigi, Gagliardi; Roberto, Bellu; Viviana, Cardilli; DE CURTIS, Mario; Network Neonatale, Lombardo. - In: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION. - ISSN 0277-2116. - STAMPA. - 47:2(2008), pp. 206-210. [10.1097/mpg.0b013e318174e855]
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