Necrotising enterocolitis risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Risk Factors

Those with a higher risk for this condition include:

• Premature infants
• Infants who are fed concentrated formulas
• Infants in a nursery where an outbreak has occurred
• Infants who have received blood exchange transfusions