Surgeons and neonatologists views about surgical decision-making in necrotising enterocolitis
This study identified themes that illuminate the difficulties experienced by neonatologists and surgeons regarding surgical decision-making in NEC. Clinicians of both specialties would welcome changes to current practice focused particularly around standardisation of practice and greater objectivity around several aspects of surgical decision-making. These insights can be used to focus further research and implement practice change around surgical decision-making in NEC with the ultimate aim of facilitating early and accurate decision-making.
Authors
- Cheryl Battersby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-553X)
- Anne‐Sophie Darlington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4387-7278)
- Marian Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-4575)
- George Bethell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-0735)
- Nigel Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-9374)
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Southampton Children's Hospital (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-328480
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.72
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research