title: Predicting disease severity of necrotizing enterocolitis: how to identify infants for future novel therapies.
abstract: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains a very devastating problem within the very low birth weight neonatal population. Several experimental therapies are being tested in animal models and soon may be ready for human trials. Despite this progress, we currently have no way to identify infants who would be optimal targets for therapy. Specifically, we are unable to predict which infants will progress to the more severe Bell's stage of disease that may necessitate surgery. Ideally, an algorithm could be constructed that would encompass multiple neonatal and maternal risk factors as well as potential biologic markers of disease so that these infants could be identified in a more timely fashion. This review summarizes the known risk factors and biomarkers of disease in hopes of stimulating clinical research to identify such an "early warning" NEC algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Troy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Markel
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Engelstad
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Brenda B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Poindexter
keywords: Biomarkers; necrotizing enterocolitis; neonate; predictors; risk
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