You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is True about nenatal necrotizing enterocolitis ? and explain in detail?
Ans. is d i.e., All of the above Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis is the most common life threatening emergency of gastrointestinal tract in the new born period. o The disease is characterized by various degree of mucosal or transmural necrosis of the intestine. o It occurs in premature or small for gestational age (LBW) infants. Clinical manifestations of necrotizing enterocolitis can be devided into 3 stages : Stage I : o Unstable temperature, apnea, bradycardia, lethargy. Mild abdominal distension, vomiting Suspected blood in stool. Stage II : o Above signs + Bowel sounds are diminished, with or without abdominal tenderness Definite o In more severe cases : Metabolic acidosis and mild thrombocytopenia o X-Ray : Pneumatosis intestinalis and dilation of intesting. Stage III : o Above signs + infant has low BP, bradycardia, apnea, acidosis, DIC, anuria Advanced o Frank signs of peritonitis with abdominal tenderness, distension and erythema of abdominal wall. o X-Ray : shows Pneumoperitonium.