Neurodevelopmental Considerations in Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis

With very high mortality rates associated with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), it is understandable that longer term neurodevelopmental outcome assessment has not been the primary focus of pediatric surgeons.1 However, survival without impairment is the primary goal of both providers and parents of neonates with severe illness, and thus long term neurodevelopmental outcomes have increasingly become a focus of NEC research.

Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery - November 7, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jamie R. Robinson, Clark Kennedy, Kyle J. van Arendonk, Alyssa Green, Camilia R. Martin, Martin L. Blakely Tags: SI: 27/1 - Necrotizing Enterocolitis Feb 2018 Source Type: research