Low risk of necrotising enterocolitis in enterally fed neonates with critical heart disease: an observational study.

Kajsa NordenströmKatarina LanneringMats MellanderAnders Elfvin

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2020)

This study showed a low risk of NEC in term infants fed enterally before cardiac surgery. We speculate that preoperative enteral feeding of neonates with CCHD does not increase the risk of NEC development.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
cardiac surgery
preterm infants
patients undergoing
pulmonary hypertension
preterm birth