Necrotizing Enterocolitis

References

Citations

1. Berseth CL, Poenaru D (2005). Necrotizing enterocolitis and short bowel syndrome. In HW Taeusch et al., eds., Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, 8th ed., pp. 1123–1133. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

2. Piazza AJ, Stoll BJ (2007). Digestive system disorders. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 753–756. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

Other Works Consulted

• Brown RE, Neu J (2006). Necrotizing enterocolitis. In FD Burg et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, 18th ed., pp. 293–296. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2007). Evidence-based care guidelines for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very low-birth-weight infants. Available online: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/assets/0/78/1067/2709/2777/2793/7585a353-7c3e-400f-98a6-91c6b63232fc.pdf.

• Pietz J, et al. (2006). Prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants: A 20-year experience. Pediatrics, 119(1): e164–e170.

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