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Approximately one in every 1,000 newborns has necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a common yet serious disease of the intestines. More than 90% of NEC cases affect premature babies born at 32 weeks gestation or earlier. In this article, Dan Ellsbury, M.D., neonatologist at Pediatrix® Medical Group of Iowa and MercyOne Children’s Hospital in Des Moines, explains NEC and its symptoms and describes how it is diagnosed, managed and treated.
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