Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 62 No. 2, 2018.
Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2018.13
Necrotizing enterocolitis – three case reports and literature review
Marko Bašković
orcid.org/0000-0003-4218-6184
; Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb
Božidar Župančić
Andrija Car
Stjepan Višnjić
Davor Ježek
Abstract
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a life-threatening gastrointestinal disease of newborns. Although the disease pathogenesis has not yet
been elucidated, it is considered to be multifactorial. The major risk factors for the disease onset are prematurity and low birth weight.
The diagnosis is based on clinical features complemented by radiological and laboratory fi ndings. Treatment modality depends on
the severity of clinical features and stage of the disease. In most cases, symptomatic and antimicrobial treatment is suffi cient, with
laboratory and radiological monitoring. Newborns with a severe form of the disease and intestinal perforation require urgent surgical
treatment. To bring this situation closer, we present three patients treated at the Zagreb Children’s Hospital in 2016.
Keywords
necrotizing enterocolitis; pneumatosis intestinalis; newborns; paediatric surgery
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216952
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Publication date:
25.6.2018.
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