Small bowel intussusception in children: single-centre observations
Autor: | Jan Stanisław Bukowski, Przemysław Bombiński, Jakub Franke, Michał Brzewski |
---|---|
Jazyk: | English<br />Polish |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: | |
Zdroj: | Pediatria i Medycyna Rodzinna, Vol 15, Iss 3, Pp 271-275 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1734-1531 2451-0742 |
DOI: | 10.15557/PiMR.2019.0045 |
Popis: | Aim: Small bowel intussusception is an increasingly prevalent condition reported in paediatric patients. The aims of the study were to characterise a group of patients with ultrasonographically confirmed intussusception, and review the therapeutic approach used in each case. Material and methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study enrolled a total of 40 children treated at a paediatric hospital who had been diagnosed with small bowel intussusception on the basis of ultrasound examination findings. Results: 80% of children had a single-site small bowel intussusception, and 20% of patients – a double-site intussusception or a small bowel intussusception coexisting with ileocaecal intussusception. The children presented with uncharacteristic symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. The majority of cases (87.5%) were patients referred from the hospital accident and emergency department. More than half of the intussusceptions (55%) were found in children between 2 and 5 years of age, slightly more frequently in boys than in girls (22:18). Most of the intussusceptions (56%) were located in the middle abdomen. 66.6% of the intussusceptions were |
Databáze: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Externí odkaz: |