Masaya Yamoto, Yusuke Nakazawa, Koji Fukumoto, Hiromu Miyake, Hideaki Nakajima, Akinori Sekioka, Akiyoshi Nomura, Kei Ooyama, Yutaka Yamada, Katsushi Nogami, Yuko Van, Chisako Furuta, Reiji Nakano, Yasuhiko Tanaka, Naoto Urushihara
PURPOSE: Surgical intestinal disorders (SID), such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), focal intestinal perforation (FIP), and meconium-related ileus (MRI), are serious morbidities in extremely low birth weight (ELBW, birth weight <1000 g) infants. From 2010, we performed enteral antifungal prophylaxis (EAP) in ELBWI to prevent for SID. The aim of this study was to identify disease-specific risk factors and to evaluate the efficacy of prevention for SID in ELBW infants. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of all consecutive patients between January 2006 and March 2015, which included 323 ELBW infants who were admitted to Shizuoka Children's Hospital, was conducted...
September 2016: Pediatric Surgery International