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http://hdl.handle.net/11054/97| Title: | Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: hospital care for children: for young infants with suspected necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), what is the effectiveness of different parenteral antibiotic regimens in preventing progression and sequelae? |
| Authors: | Tickell, David Duke, Trevor |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press. |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Publication Title: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page: | 373 |
| End Page: | 378 |
| Abstract: | The World Health Organization (WHO) has produced guidelines for the management of common illnesses in hospitals with limited resources. This series reviews the scientific evidence behind WHO’s recommendations. The WHO guidelines and more reviews are available at: http://www.ichrc.org The WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children [1] recommends in necrotizing enterocolitis to stop enteral feeds, pass a nasogastric tube, start an intravenous (IV) infusion and give ampicillin plus gentamicin plus metronidazoloe for 10 days (p. 57) This review addresses the question: For young infants with suspected necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), what is the effectiveness of different parenteral antibiotic regimens in preventing progression and sequelae? |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/97 |
| Resource Link: | http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/6/373.extract |
| ISSN: | 0142-6338 |
| Internal ID Number: | 00083 |
| Health Subject: | ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS - THERAPEUTIC USE DISEASE PROGRESSION ENTEROCOLITIS - NECROTIZING - DIAGNOSIS ENTEROCOLITIS - NECROTIZING - DRUG THERAPY ENTEROCOLITIS - NECROTIZING - PREVENTION AND CONTROL EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC INFUSIONS - PARENTERAL PROGNOSIS RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS |
| Type: | Journal Article Article |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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