label: Grade 4 Necrotizing Enterocolitis, AE
label_lc: grade 4 necrotizing enterocolitis, ae
description: "A necrotizing enterocolitis adverse event in a newborn characterized by bowel perforation (pneumoperitoneum)(modified Bell stage IIIB); shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), combined respiratory and metabolic acidosis (modified Bell stage IIIA); urgent major care change indicated."