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A Review of 36 babies with Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Faculty of Medical Sciences, U. W.I., St. Augustine and Mount Hope Women's Hospital Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, West Indies
Correspondence: Dr Zulaika Ali, 20 Schneider Gardens, Petit Valley, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
The clinical features, management, and outcome of 36 babies with necrotizing enterocolitis seen over 5 years at the Neonatal Unit, Mount Hope Women's Hospital, Trinidad, are described. The crude overall mortality rate was 25 per cent The results suggest that prematurity, sepsis, and umbilical catheterization, but not enteral feeding or polycythaemia may be involved in the aetiology of this disease.