Examples of enterocolitis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Also, the bacteria has been associated with severe intestinal infection (necrotizing enterocolitis) and blood poisoning (sepsis), especially in newborns. — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 June 2022 But most of that milk is distributed through hospitals for preterm babies, to help lower the risk of serious health complications like necrotizing enterocolitis — a dangerous intestinal disorder. — New York Times, 20 May 2022 That’s because the smallest infants are at risk for a devastating digestive complication called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 These babies had advanced cases of necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, that clinician said. — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2021 The exosome research Zhou and Chen stole can be used to develop treatments for a variety of illnesses, including necrotizing enterocolitis (a condition found in premature babies), liver cancer, and liver fibrosis. — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021 That is sometimes a sign of an inflammatory condition of the intestines, called necrotizing enterocolitis or NEC, that’s a leading cause of hospital deaths among extremely preterm babies. — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2021 Of 18 babies with necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC — an inflammatory intestinal disorder and leading cause of extremely preterm newborn hospital deaths — who were transferred to UNM since 2012, 15 came from Lovelace. — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 30 Mar. 2021 Human milk lowers the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, an intestinal disease that is a leading cause of death in N.I.C.U.s. — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2021 See More

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