Surgical consequences in infants with delayed diagnosis of congenital chloride diarrhea
| Autor: | Wajeeh Al Dekhail, Mohammed Banemai, Khalid Alsaleem, Haifa Al Awadhi, Ali Al Mehaidib |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Diarrhea Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Delayed Diagnosis Congenital chloride diarrhea 030105 genetics & heredity Unnecessary Procedures Delayed diagnosis Diagnosis Differential 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Meconium 030225 pediatrics medicine Humans business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Gastroenterology Infant Newborn Infant Pediatric Surgeon Abdominal distension medicine.disease Female Presentation (obstetrics) medicine.symptom business Intestinal Obstruction Metabolism Inborn Errors |
| Zdroj: | The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 2148-5607 |
| Popis: | Despite the usual typical presentation, congenital chloride diarrhea (CCD) poses multiple diagnostic challenges. It has an incidence of 1/5000 in Saudi Arabia. CCD can mimic intestinal obstruction and result in avoidable surgical interventions. Contributing factors are abdominal distension and the watery (urine-like) diarrhea that is often interpreted as delayed passage of meconium. Surgical interventions would unnecessarily increase the morbidity. Therefore, a high index of suspicion and educating neonatologists, general pediatricians, and pediatric surgeons regarding this diagnostic entity is essential. Here we describe five such cases. |
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