title: Letter to the editor: Rebuttal.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg Children's Center of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: Dhackam1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hackam
mesh_terms: D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index