Difficulties in making the diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease in early infancy
| Autor: | Ran Steinberg, Yehuda Nofech-Mozes, M Schwarz, Tommy Schonfeld, Avinoam Rachmel, Shai Ashkenazi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Diarrhea
Male Radiography Abdominal Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Disease Primary care Diagnosis Differential Colostomy Weight Loss medicine Humans Hirschsprung Disease Digestive System Surgical Procedures Enterocolitis business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Early infancy Decreased appetite Gastrointestinal Tract Treatment Outcome Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Vomiting Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 40:716-719 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1754 1034-4810 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00519.x |
| Popis: | This study highlights the less common presentations of Hirschsprung disease (HD) and HD-associated enterocolitis (HAE) in neonates and infants. We present three infants whose diagnosis was delayed because of atypical presenting features, especially with failure to gain weight, decreased appetite, episodes of diarrhoea and vomiting and hypoalbuminaemia. The reported incidence of HAE ranges from 0 to 16.2%. To avoid complications of life-threatening HAE, primary care physicians require a high index of suspicion of the more unusual presentations of HD in neonates and infants. |
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