Necrotising Enterocolitis NEO

Question 1

necrotising entercolitis

Answer 1

bowel is infected and ischaemic

Question 2

risk factors

Answer 2

premature birth

Question 3

signs

Answer 3

billious vomiting
PR bleeding
abdominal distension
general unwell

can go on to be peritonitis , shock

Question 4

investigation

Answer 4

CXR - dilate bowel loops, gas cysts on bowel, oedema, bowel wall oedema

Question 5

management

Answer 5

broad-spectrum antibiotics and parental nutrition

surgery to remove dead bowel