Evaluation of the vomiting infant
| Autor: | Thomas L. Slovis, L C Foley, D W Luckey, J D Strain, L A Harvey, J B Campbell |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Vomiting Pyloric stenosis Pyloric Stenosis Risk Factors medicine Humans Prospective Studies Prospective cohort study Ultrasonography Upper gastrointestinal series business.industry Ultrasound Infant Newborn Infant Hypertrophy medicine.disease Infant newborn Radiography Anesthesia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Gastroesophageal Reflux medicine.symptom business Digestive System |
| Zdroj: | American journal of diseases of children (1960). 143(6) |
| ISSN: | 0002-922X |
| Popis: | This 12-month prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the cost, risk, and benefit of ultrasound followed by upper gastrointestinal series for the evaluation of the infant who vomits. Results suggest minimal morbidity from the upper gastrointestinal series, only a 33% reduction in the number of upper gastrointestinal series performed, and a 95% increase in cost if this imaging sequence is used. We conclude that the use of ultrasound for the initial evaluation of vomiting in infants substantially increases the cost with no meaningful decrease in morbidity and mortality. |
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