New study aims to spot which newborns will get worse from deadly gut disease
NCT ID NCT07207915
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked back at the medical records of 400 newborns with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a serious gut disease. Researchers wanted to see if combining blood test results and organ function scores could better predict which babies would develop a hole in their bowel or die. The goal is to help doctors identify high-risk babies earlier.
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The Sixth Affiliated Hospial, Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510655, China
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