Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bennett, John E

Titel

Invasive Candidiasis in Very Premature Neonates: Tiny Tots With Big Problems

Ist Teil von

• Clinical infectious diseases, 2017-04, Vol.64 (7), p.928-929

Ort / Verlag

United States: Oxford University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Survival of neonates with extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1000 g) is a miracle of modern medicine. Management is fraught with numerous complications, including intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, chronic lung disease, patent ductus arteriosus requiring surgery, severe retinopathy, periventricular leukomalacia, and neurodevelopmental impairment, including deafness and decreased cognitive ability.