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• J. Pediatr. Surg. · Nov 2008

  Comment Letter Comparative Study

  Examining the use of the score for neonatal acute physiology with perinatal extension II (SNAPPE-II) as a therapeutic guide in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates treated with peritoneal drainage for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

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• J. Pediatr. Surg. · Nov 2008

  Review Case Reports

  Gastroduodenal emphysema.

  Pneumatosis intestinalis of the foregut is a very rare finding. It may represent emphysematous gastritis secondary to inflammatory conditions or gastric emphysema secondary to proximal foregut obstruction and high intragastric pressure. We present a case of gastroduodenal pneumatosis secondary to partial duodenal obstruction in an infant with Down's syndrome.

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