Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics

Pediatrics, Pyloric Stenosis (Emergency Medicine)

Pyloric Stenosis, Hypertrophic (Pediatrics)

Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis, Surgical Treatment (Pediatrics)

Evidence based clinical practice guideline hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Hospital/Medical Center.  2001 Aug 8 (revised 2007 Nov 4).  17 pages.  NGC:006224

Clinical guidelines

ACR Appropriateness Criteria® vomiting in infants up to 3 months of age. American College of Radiology - Medical Specialty Society.  1995 (revised 2005).  7 pages. [NGC Update Pending] NGC:004792

Keywords

idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, pyloric stenosis, HPS, IHPS, projectile vomiting, nonbilious infantile projectile vomiting

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