Associations between Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants | ||
| Benha Medical Journal | ||
| Article 8, Volume 41, Special issue (Pediatrics), January and February 2024, Pages 74-82 PDF (521.71 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bmfj.2023.230932.1879 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Rateb Abd Almonaem1; Osama abo El fotoh elfiqy2; Omima mohamed Abdel Haie3; Aya Mohammed Wahdan* 4 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Benha University | ||
| 3paediatric department ,Benha faculty of medicine,benha university,egypt | ||
| 4Department pf pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Benha University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious inflammation of the bowel which mostly affects preterm infants. Two to five percent of all admissions to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are because of NEC. In 85% cases, NEC affects very low birth weight (VLBW) infants ( | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Red Blood Cell Transfusions; Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Very Low Birth Weight Infants | ||
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