Treatment for necrotizing enterocolitis perforation in the extremely premature infant (weighing less than 1,000 g)

J Pediatr Surg. 1992 Jun;27(6):741-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(05)80105-8.

Abstract

The frequency of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in the extremely premature infant (less than 1,000 g) is still high and it is very difficult for infants weighing less than 1,000 g with NEC perforation to survive. In our institutes, the management protocol for NEC perforation in infants weighing less than 1,000 g includes peritoneal drainage under local anesthesia, administration of coagulating factor XIII, and the usual treatment for septic shock. During the past 3 years, four infants weighing less than 1,000 g with NEC perforation have survived using this protocol without laparotomy. This management protocol is the treatment of choice in infants in very poor condition or infants weighing less than 1,000 g with NEC perforation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diseases in Twins
  • Drainage
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / therapy*
  • Factor XIII / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Perforation / therapy*
  • Male
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / therapy

Substances

  • Factor XIII