Challenges in Interpreting Pyloric Stenosis Administrative Data
| Autor: | Brian A. Coakley, Marina Reppucci |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal ultrasound Physical examination Disease Pediatrics Pyloric stenosis Pyloric Stenosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intravenous fluid 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis Ultrasonography medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Infant General Medicine medicine.disease United States Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Treatment strategy business |
| Zdroj: | Hospital pediatrics. 9(12) |
| ISSN: | 2154-1671 |
| Popis: | Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) remains, in some ways, an enigmatic condition. In fact, as a medical community, we seem to simultaneously know both so much and yet so little about this disease. On 1 hand, we know how to diagnose this condition: through a careful history, physical examination, and abdominal ultrasound. We can also effectively manage this condition through intravenous fluid resuscitation and pyloromyotomy.1,2 In addition to being efficient,2 our treatment strategy is also extremely safe, with few reported complications.2,3 Yet, on the other hand, there are some mysteries regarding IHPS that we cannot put to rest. Namely, we still cannot predict which infants will develop this condition, and the effort to pinpoint a definitive cause remains equally elusive. In … |
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