Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Its Predictors Among Preterm Neonates Admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Units of Gurage Zone Public Hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021.

Bogale Chekole TemereAgerie Aynalem MewahegnBitew Zewudie Tefera Fisha Alebel GebreEyesusAmare KassawBelete Gelaw WalleShegaw Geze Tenaw Yibeltal Mesfin YesgatMuche ArgawHaymanot AbebeShegaw Tesfa MengistNetsanet HabteRobel BirhanuWesila Seid

Published in: Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics (2022)

The prevalence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis among preterm neonates was significant and special attention is needed for premature neonates with low birth weight and born from mothers with infection during pregnancy. Minimizing the length of hospital stay will be very useful to prevent the occurrence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
human milk
preterm birth
healthcare
intensive care unit
risk factors
risk assessment
gestational age
emergency department
drug induced