Stool tests for occult blood or reducing substances were introduced in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as potential aids in the early recognition of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in ...
Routine Clinitest screening of stools from high-risk infants has been advocated. [6,7,8] A study of healthy full-term infants found that stool Clinitest was 2+ or greater (equivalent to ≥ 0.75% ...