FABP2 and necrotizing enterocolitis: A specific example from our study cohort clearly stresses the importance of previously mentioned speculation: I-FABP levels of the patient with NEC totalis, who was operated on (after 823 hours) following a protracted conservative treatment (see also paragraph ‘Therapy and outcome’ of the Results), were 91 ng/mL and 2,116 ng/mL, as measured in plasma and urine at onset of symptoms, respectively.