Bowel ultrasound for predicting surgical management of necrotizing enterocolitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract that represents a significant source of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Imaging of the abdomen is valuable for timely diagnosis and close monitoring of disease progression in NEC. Bowel ultrasound (US) is increasingly being recognized as an important imaging tool for evaluating NEC that provides additional detail than plain abdominal radiographs. OBJECTIVE:To identify bowel US findings associated with surgical management or death in infants with NEC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We searched Embase, PubMed, and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature for studies investigating the association between bowel US findings and surgical management or death in NEC. Sele

SUBMITTER: Cuna AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895673 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature