Quintuplets: 5 Cases of NEC. Are There Other Risk Factors?

Kavita NadendlaSurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Amelia SuttonDepartment of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

David KellyPathology, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Reed DimmittGastroenterology and Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Linda WilkinsonSurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Carroll HarmonSurgery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

Colin MartinSurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USACorrespondence[email protected]

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Objective: To review a case of quintuplets with all babies developing necrotizing enterocolitis. Methods: A retrospective study of preterm quintuplets all developing necrotizing enterocolitis. Clinical outcomes were reviewed. Results: Quintuplets were born at 24 weeks gestation. Each baby developed NEC and was treated. One baby died. Currently the remaining 4 infants are on full enteral nutrition. Conclusion: Further studies are needed to better understand this emerging population of multiple birth pregnancy and the frequency of NEC development.

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