title: Examining the use of the score for neonatal acute physiology with perinatal extension II (SNAPPE-II) as a therapeutic guide in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates treated with peritoneal drainage for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puligandla
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D004322:Drainage; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D018579:Patient Selection; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015983:Selection Bias; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome