Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common surgical emergency affecting the gastrointestinal tract of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The incidence of NEC varies from 0 ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.

Objective To conduct a systematic review of neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) rates in high-income countries published in peer-reviewed journals. Methods We searched MEDLINE, Embase and PubMed ...

Juries hit Mead Johnson and Abbott Laboratories with verdicts of $60 million and $495 million respectively earlier this year ...

The quality of care to low birth weight (LBW) infants has improved as a result of modern technology and advances in neonatology. Along with this increased survival of LBW infants, the diagnosis of ...

A lawyer for a Missouri mother on Wednesday asked a jury to make Abbott and Reckitt's Mead Johnson pay a total of more than ...

Abbott and Reckitt unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy's debilitating intestinal disease, a jury found on ...

Two recent studies have reported an association between antenatal exposure to co-amoxyclav, either alone or in combination with erythromycin, and neonatal necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). 1, 2 Based ...

Shares of Abbott Laboratories are rising and those of Reckitt Benckiser are gaining in London trading Friday, a day after a ...

Abbott and Reckitt's unit Mead Johnson are not responsible for a young boy's debilitating intestinal disease, a jury found on ...

Cow’s milk-based baby formula and milk fortifier products (like Enfamil™ and Similac ®) can greatly increase the risk of premature and low-birth-weight babies developing a potentially fatal intestinal ...