Intestinal failure after necrotising enterocolitis: incidence and risk factors in a Swedish population-based longitudinal study.
Tomas Sjöberg BexeliusMargareta AhleAnders ElfvinOscar BjörlingJonas F LudvigssonRoland E AnderssonPublished in: BMJ paediatrics open (2018)
IF was more common in the infants with NEC but was also linked to extreme preterm birth, a history of abdominal surgery and small for gestational age. IF was more common at the end of the study period, indicating that it increases when more preterm infants with NEC survive the neonatal period.