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Table 1 Neonatal svt and nec: case reports in literature

From: Neonatal supraventricular tachycardia and necrotizing enterocolitis: case report and literature review

Case

Gestational Age

Birth Weight

Apgar score

TSV onset

Heart rate And hemodynamic parameters

NEC onset and clinical sings

Intrumental findings

Treatments

Others

References

1

29 + 6 Weeks

1380 g

1′: 7

5′: 8

16th day of life

- 300-390 bpm

- Hemodynamically stable good perfusion

- 17th day of life

- Bloody stools, abdominal distension

Abdominal X-rays: no evidence of pneumatosis

Parenteral nutrition;

Antibiotics (ampicillin and gentamicin)

N.r.

clinical case of our observation and described in the text

2

38 Weeks

2755 g

N.r.

13th day of life

- 278-294 bpm

- Echocardiography: Normal heart anatomy;

borderline and dyskinetic cardiac function; Left ventricle ejection fraction of 50%

- 16th day of life

- Abdominal distension

Abdominal X-rays: dilated bowel loops with no free air in the abdomen.

On contrast enema severe stenosis at the transverse colon, with dilated small bowel loops

Surgery:

resection of the stenotic transverse colon with end-end anastomosis, and ileal resection

of a stenotic segment (2 cm) with end-end anastomosis.

Laparotomy: Terminal ileum and a jejunal loop with omentum were solidly adherent to the stenotic transverse colon

Nakib et al. 2018 [14]

3

36 Weeks

2100 g (IUGR)

1′: 5

5′: 6

10′: 7

3rd day of life

- 280 bpm

- Hemodynamically stable.

Echocardiogram: patent foramen ovale and a small patent ductus arteriosus

- 7th day of life

- Rectal bleeding.

Abdominal distension

Abdominal X-rays: no pneumatosis, portal venous gas or free air.

Abdominal ultrasound: focal bowel wall echogenicities consistent with pneumatosis

Parenteral nutrition; Antibiotics (ampicillin, tobramycin and metronidazole)

Miller-Dieker syndrome.

Saini et al. 2017 [6]

4

36 Weeks

N.r. (LGA)

1′: 7

5′: 9

1st day of life

- 250 bpm

- Echocardiogram: fenestrated atrial septum and restrictive patent ductus arteriosus

- 7th day of life

- Bloody stools

Abdominal X-ray and abdominal ultrasound: colonic pneumatosis

intestinalis

Parenteral nutrition; Antibiotics (vancomycin, tobramycin and metronidazole)

Wolff-Parkinson-

White syndrome

Saini et al. 2017 [6]

5

35 Weeks

2200 g

1′: 5

5′: 9

Antenatal

- 240–250 bmp

- Echocardiogram: structurally normal heart with good function

- 11th day of life

- Emesis, abdominal distension

Abdominal X-ray:

pneumatosis

Parenteral nutrition; Antibiotics

Surgery: compromised bowel was resected

N.r.

Hanna et al. 2013 [15]

6

41 Weeks

N.r

N.r.

1 month of life

- N.r.

- Echocardiogram: complex tricuspid atresia which a palliative BlalockTaussig shunt performed at 4 months of life

−5 months of life

- N.r.

Abdominal X-ray: no gas consistent with ischemic injury or paralytic ileus.

Parenteral nutrition; Antibiotics

Surgery: wide excision and anastomosis of ischemic small intestine

Facial and skeletal abnormalities.

Laparotomy: an abscess involving the cecum and terminal part of small intestine

Hajivassiliou et al. 1998 [16]

7

N.r (Premature)

N.r.

N.r.

Antenatal

-N.r.

- No signs of congestive heart failure

- 4th day of life

- N.r.

N.r.

Fatal fulminant

NEC

N.r.

Khalak et al.

1998 [17]

  1. LGA Large for gestationl age, IUGR Intrauterine growth restriction, NEC Necrotizing enterocolitis, SVT Supraventricular tachycardia, N.r Not reported in the article, Bpm Beats per minute, Cm Centimeters, g Grams