title: Early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis by gastrointestinal tonometry.
abstract: The diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in neonates has traditionally depended on a combination of clinical signs, biochemical parameters and radiological changes. The measurement of intramucosal pH by gastrointestinal tonometry provides a simple means of long-term monitoring which may detect the development of NEC before conventional techniques. We present our experience of tonometry in two 'at risk' term neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatherill
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tibby
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denver
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Murdoch
mesh_terms: D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008365:Manometry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography