Shannon Acker

Jul 11, 2024 | nature.com | Amy B Hair |Kevin Sullivan |Irfan Ahmad |Isabella Zaniletti |Shannon Acker |Muralidhar H. Premkumar | +6 more

AbstractDetermine short-term outcomes following peritoneal drain (PD), laparotomy (LAP) after PD (PD-LAP), and LAP in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). ELBW infants with SIP were identified using the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Database. Mortality and length of stay (LOS) were compared among groups. Of 729 SIP infants from 6/2010-12/2016, 383(53%) received PD, 61(8%) PD-LAP, and 285(39%) LAP.