Radiologists develop scale to help clinicians predict disease severity in infants with NEC

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 19:21 in Health & Medicine

Radiologists at Duke University Medical Center have developed a scale called the Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (DAAS) to assist clinicians in determining the severity of disease and the need for surgery in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), according to a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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