Sowmya Kolluru

Abstract Introduction: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the leading cause of gastrointestinal morbidity and mortality among infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. With an overall prevalence of 1%, NEC is found in about 11% of infants with very low birthweights (VLBW) and 22% in infants of extremely low birthweights. A disease of prematurity, NEC has a multifactorial pathogenesis involving a combination of feeding regimens, gut microbiome, and birth weight.

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