Guideline
Turkish Neonatal Society Necrotizing Enterocolitis Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Guidelines.
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Enteral feeding
- Medical
- Necrotising enterocolitis
- Nursing
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
- Surgical conditions
Summary
National guideline from the Turkish Neonatal Society on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of necrotising enterocolitis, aimed at clinicians caring for preterm infants. It covers aetiopathogenesis, the varied clinical presentations of NEC and how to distinguish it from common feeding intolerance, and diagnostic methods. Treatment and prognosis are discussed with reference to current literature, and evidence-based preventive strategies are summarised. An algorithm for the approach to an infant with suspected NEC is included.
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