Combining abdominal ultrasound and radiography for surgical risk stratification in necrotising enterocolitis: a prospective cohort pilot study
Combining abdominal ultrasound with radiography improved the identification of neonates at high surgical risk from NEC, in our pilot study. A reassuring ultrasound reliably identified infants with feeding intolerance, suggesting potential to reduce unnecessary transfers and treatments. Larger multicentre studies are needed to validate these findings and inform development of a unified multimodal imaging score for NEC diagnosis.
Authors
- Mark Tracy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-468X)
- Archana Priyadarshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-4609)
- Ryan M. McAdams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9579-1698)
- Murray Hinder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9179-316X)
- Rajeshwar Reddy Angiti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2059-4128)
- Professor Nadia Badawi
- A.K. Webb
- Shilpi Chabra
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329960
- Primary Topic
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00