Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Newborns
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
Interests: necrotizing enterocolitis; premature infants; risk factors; neonatal outcomes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite decades of research, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a devastating illness, particularly in extremely preterm infants. Our inability to prevent preterm birth, the single most important risk factor for the illness, means that the elimination of NEC will continue to be a difficult task. Furthermore, the poorly understood pathogenesis of NEC has made it difficult to develop effective strategies for the treatment of established disease.
Considering the significant mortality, morbidity, including long-term neurodevelopmental impairment, and suffering that it causes, NEC has been a research priority for decades. Many well-known experts in this field have come together to share their expertise in this Special Issue of Children dedicated to NEC, known as a disease with no cure. Their contributions are expected to guide research and clinical practice in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of NEC in preterm infants.
Dr. Chandra Prakash Rath
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Patole
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- necrotizing enterocolitis
- premature infant
- pathophysiology
- treatment
- risk factors
- neonatal outcome
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