Tag necrotizing enterocolitis

Neonate with Bloody Stool

Bloody Stool from Neonate

While the pediatric population deserves special attention (the purpose of this website), kids are not aliens… they are just small humans with unique anatomy and physiology that must be consider when caring for them.  The neonate, on the other hand,…

Pneumatosis Intestinalis

pneumatosis intestinalis

Air may be considered the sine qua non of life (without it there is nothing); however, we prefer to have it in specific areas, like our lungs.  Finding air where it isn’t supposed to be can often portend serious medical…