Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Predict the Course of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether cerebral, liver, and infraumbilical regional tissue oxygen saturation (rSO2) and fractional tissue oxygen extraction (FTOE) could be used to diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and complicated NEC (Bell's stage 3B or death) during its early stages. METHODS...

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Main Authors: Trijntje E Schat, Maarten Schurink, Michelle E van der Laan, Jan B F Hulscher, Christian V Hulzebos, Arend F Bos, Elisabeth M W Kooi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4868291?pdf=render