%0 Journal Article
%T Caracter¨ªsticas de reci¨¦n nacidos con enterocolitis necrotizante en un hospital universitario de tercer nivel en Colombia
%A Torres
%A Javier
%A Espinosa
%A Laura Lorena
%A Garc¨ªa
%A ¨¢ngela Marcela
%A Mideros
%A Alejandra Mar¨ªa
%A Usubillaga
%A Enrique
%J Colombia M¨¦dica
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X introduction: necrotizing enterocolitis (nec) is, over all newborn surgical afflictions, the most deathly, representing the main gi problem in neonatal intensive care units (nicu) and a medical/surgical emergency in which early diagnosis and opportune treatment may diminish surgical needs and mortality. objective: to describe the features of patients with nec attended at a third-level hospital nicu in the city of cali in 2006. method and materials: we conducted a pilot descriptive retrospective study that included 32 clinical records of newborns in the nicu (named cirena) from the hospital universitario del valle (huv) with nec diagnosis. finally, we made a descriptive analysis of the data by using the epi-info statistics program. results: in 2006, 1555 newborns were admitted to huv-cirena and 32 (2%) of them were diagnosed with nec, a percentage that is similar to that of other countries; half of which weighed less than 1500 grams and only three pregnant women had adequate prenatal care, 17(53.1%) of these newborns were female and 15(46.9%) were male. conclusions: although the majority of nec cases occurs in premature and/or very low weight children, it is outstanding the number of full-term newborns, either on gestational age and weight, that developed early nec. there is a visible relationship among low birth weight, prematurity, and the development of nec, especially in the higher degrees of the disease, where the tendency is the presentation of late nec.
%K necrotizing enterocolitis
%K inflammation
%K prematurity
%K low weight at birth
%K enteralfeeding.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-95342011000400007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en