Rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis were not different versus those who did not receive probiotics. Incidence of probiotic sepsis was rare. Use of probiotics in neonatal units ...

Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An independent study published in Advances in Neonatal Care found fewer cases of the potentially fatal intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) among very ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is a serious disease that affects the intestines of (primarily) premature infants. It typically happens within the first 2 weeks of life in babies who are fed ...

Image Credit: Ratchat/Shutterstock.com Probiotics, live microorganisms providing health benefits, have been shown to reduce the risk of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) (a severe intestinal disease ...

Gill alleges in the lawsuit that her premature infant child developed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) as a result of being fed Abbott’s products for premature babies. NEC, which causes the death ...

There is no test to detect necrotizing enterocolitis. News 8’s Brittany Noble reports in Monday’s “Health Spotlight” that researchers are on the verge of a breakthrough that could end up ...

Our lives changed forever one quiet Sunday afternoon when Micah’s health rapidly deteriorated, and he was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a disease I had never heard of and knew ...

Objective: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is characterized by a rich infiltration ... intestinal stenosis confirmed by surgery or imaging, refusing surgery or treatment, or incomplete medical records ...

It’s also sometimes called necrotizing enterocolitis, but necrotizing enterocolitis ... You will also have blood tests and imaging studies. Typhlitis is diagnosed when the following criteria ...