Long-Term Outcome of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) are complications in preterm infants associated with high morbidity, mortality, impaired growth, and neurodevelopmental (ND) outcomes. Few studies have reported growth or ND outcomes of infants born extremely preterm with NEC/SIP beyond early childhood. Here, we compared anthropometric and ND outcomes, at 10 and 15 years, for children with medical NEC, surgical NEC, SIP, and neither NEC nor SIP.

Methods

Participants from the prospective longitudinal extremely low gestational age newborns study were evaluated at ages 10 and 15 years for anthropometrics, neurocognition, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy, and gross motor function.

Results

At age 10 years, 889 children

SUBMITTER: Vaidya R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9647591 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature