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gastroschisis closure

Ahmed Nabil1794482713
in Gastroschisis

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[size=20px]A 36-week gestation male infant is born with gastroschisis. On your exam the bowel is not necrotic and there is no obvious intestinal atresia. As you consider attempted primary closure versus staged closure of the gastroschisis, which of the following is true regarding outcomes?

 

A necrotizing enterocolitis is more likely in primary closure patients

 

B length of stay is shorter in primary closure patients

 

C short bowel syndrome is more common in staged closure patients

 

D central line associated blood stream infection is more common in secondary closure patients

 

E mortality is higher in primary closure patients[/size]

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