Treatment•In an infant suspected of having necrotizing enterocolitis,feedings are stopped and gas is relieved from the bowel byinserting a small tube into the stomach.•Intravenous fluid replaces formula or breast milk.•Antibiotic therapy is started.•The infants condition is monitored with abdominal x-rays,blood tests, and blood gases.•Surgery will be needed if there is a hole in the intestines orperitonitis (inflammation of the abdominal wall).•The dead bowel tissue is removed and a colostomy orileostomy is performed.•The bowel is then reconnected several weeks or monthslater when the infection and inflammation have healed.