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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
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