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Necrotizing Enterocolities

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Necrotizing Enterocolitis of Newborn
Interventions
Other: Complete blood count
Registration Number
NCT06632041
Lead Sponsor
Assiut University
Brief Summary

Haematological disturbances in neonates with necrotizing enterocolities

Detailed Description

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acquired, multifactorial and devastating gastrointestinal disease associated with high morbidity and mortality in preterm neonates. With an incidence of about 7% in infants with BW \< 1500 g and mortality up to 30%, NEC presents as a medical and surgical emergency It is characterized by ischemia, necrosis, and inflammation of bowel wall with invasion by gas-forming organisms and intramural dissection of gas ,characteristicall appearing as pneumatosis intestinalis in radiological and pathological studies. While exact etiology is undetermined, the pathogenesis is believed to be an anomalous innate immune response to an altered, less diverse intestinal microbiota by the highly immunoreactive enterocytes of premature infants, leading to inflammation and tissue necrosis

* in this devastating disease with undetermined etiology. Breast milk feeding, prolonging gestation to avoid prematurity, antenatal steroid, and the use of probiotics/prebiotics are established prevention strategies in NEC

* The hematological abnormalities associated with NEC were first described 25 years ago by Hutter et al.The abnormalities observed in a series of 40 patients with NEC included thrombocytopenia, with

* and without disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), neutrophilia or neutropenia, and hemolytic anemia.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria
  • preterm less than 36 weeks
  • Or very low birth weight less than 1500 gram
Exclusion Criteria
  • full term
  • Normal birth weight ,Preterm with early breast feeding or more than 1500 gm

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Neonates with necrotizing enterocolitiesComplete blood count-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
AimBaseline

:to delineate haemtological abnormalities in neonatal necrotizing enterocolities as predictors of morbidity and mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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