NEC necrotising enterocolitis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 11 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: preterm children born before 30 weeks' gestational age, and/or birth weights below 1000 grams.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Other abdominal diseases, e.g. abdominal wall defects or congenital intestinal atresias.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Development of necrotising enterocolitis | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Neonatal: fecal microbiota, fecal human DNA methylation pattern (shedded enterocytes and lymphocytes), fecal bile salts acids, fecal SCFA and iAF, iAF expression in the margins of the resection specimens, urine metabolome, cerebral and intestinal tissue oxygen saturation (as measured with NIRS), peak systolic flow velocity and the mean end-diastolic flow velocity of the superior mesenteric artery and a branch of the medial cerebral artery assessment using Echo Doppler, serum IMA, serum (i)AF, T1/T2 cytokine ratio in umbilical cord blood, iAF in resection specimens Mother: microbiota in mother*s milk, vaginal, perineal and rectal microbiota; amnionic fluid in case of caesarian,validated diet questionnaire ('Wat een Nederland' questionnaire as used by RIVM) | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed