İleri Derecede Düşük Doğum Ağırlıklı, İntrauterin Büyüme Kısıtlılığı Olan Üç Olguda Fetal Hiperekojenik Barsak ve Erken Nekrotizan Enterokolit

Objective: To discuss the relationship between fetal hyperechogenic bowel, absence of end diastolic flow in umbilical artery with Doppler ultrasound and necrotizing enterocolitis in extremely low birth weight and intrauterine growth restriction infants during early neonatal period. Case: We presented 3 cases with intrauterine growth restricted, extremely-low-birth-weight who had absence of end diastolic flow in umbilical artery and hyperechogenic bowel before delivery and developed necrotizing enterocolitis during the early postnatal period. Conclusion: Hyperechogenic bowel in cases with severe intrauterine growth restriction can be an important finding along with absent or reversed end diastolic flow to make a necrotizing enterocolitis in early neonatal period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]