1. INTESTINAL LOCATION OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS AMONG INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
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Jennifer H. Aldrink, Corrin Cozzi, Clifford L. Cua, Kathleen K. Nichol, and Lisa Nicholson
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Heart Defects, Congenital ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart disease ,Comorbidity ,Gastroenterology ,Aortic Coarctation ,Enterocolitis, Necrotizing ,Internal medicine ,Intestine, Small ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Tetralogy of Fallot ,Retrospective Studies ,Enterocolitis ,Heart septal defect ,business.industry ,Heart Septal Defects ,Infant, Newborn ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Retrospective cohort study ,Blood flow ,medicine.disease ,Infant newborn ,Pathophysiology ,digestive system diseases ,Increased risk ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Necrotizing enterocolitis ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Infant, Premature - Abstract
To determine whether differences exist in the location of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) versus those without CHD.Retrospective cohort study utilizing 11 years of patient data. Inclusion criterion was surgical exploration for NEC. Presence or absence of CHD was determined. Surgical and/or pathology reports were reviewed to identify the location of NEC. Data were analyzed by t-tests and χ(2) analyses.One hundred and sixty-seven patients met the inclusion criteria. CHD infants had a higher percentage of mortality. There was no difference in the location of NEC between non-CHD and CHD patients, with the predominant location being the small intestine in both. In addition, there was no difference in the location of NEC between preterm non-CHD patients and full-term CHD patients with the small intestine again being the primary site.Despite differences in gestational age between non-CHD and CHD patients, the location of NEC in these infants did not differ.
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