| Gastrointestinal perforations in neonatal period: experience over 10 years. | |
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PMID: 22929145 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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AIM: This report describes our experience concerning gastrointestinal perforation due to necrotizing enterocolitis during a 10-year period. METHOD: The cases of 27 gastrointestinal perforations, which were treated in our hospital, were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: All patients were neonates and infants up to the age of 2 months. The study population consisted of 16 boys (59.3%) and 11 girls (40.7%). Twenty-one neonates (77.8%) were preterm, and the median gestational age was 28 weeks. Twenty-four cases (88.9%) of perforation underwent laparotomy. The overall mortality was 63%. Seventy-six percent of the preterm neonates and only 16.7% of the full-term neonates died. CONCLUSIONS: Gastrointestinal perforation is still connected with a high mortality rate, with necrotizing enterocolitis being the main cause of death. The neonates who did not undergo surgery all died. |
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George Sakellaris; Nikolaos Partalis; Olga Dede; Athanasios Alegakis; Chrisa Seremeti; Eftichia Korakaki; Christina Giannakopoulou |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Pediatric emergency care Volume: 28 ISSN: 1535-1815 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatr Emerg Care Publication Date: 2012 Sep |
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Created Date: 2012-09-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8507560 Medline TA: Pediatr Emerg Care Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 886-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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From the *Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion; †Department of Toxicology, University of Crete; and ‡Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. |
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