Fatal bowel necrosis in two polycytemic term neonates.
We observed 2 term neonates with polycythemia (hematocrit > 70%) who developed necrotizing entercolitis (NEC) in the first week after birth. Both required laparotomy, after which the surgeons stated that the entire bowel appeared nonviable. Both had been fed formula exclusively and both received full feedings (> or = 160 mL/kg/day) by 72 hr after birth.
Department of Women and Newborns, Intermountain Healthcare, Ogden and Provo, Utah, USA.
Robert D
RD
Christensen
Diane K
DK
Lambert
Nancy
N
Schmutz
Ronald A
RA
Stodderd
D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology