Necrotizing Enterocolitis Features in full-term infants: up to date

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is among the most common and most destructive diseases occurring in neonatal intensive care, assessing as sepsis is the third leading cause of neonatal mortality (1) and affects both pre-term and full-term babies, although different incidence rates. NEC might be considered a spectrum of different diseases or endotypes and, even if it is one of the most investigated pathologies, not much progress has been made in its treatment or prevention, allowing it to still have dangerously high morbidity and mortality (2). The authors aim to provide a concise update on the NEC in full-term newborns through this review