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Pediatrics, Intussusception: Treatment & Medication
Updated: Aug 12, 2009
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Treatment
Emergency Department Care
- Provide rehydration and stabilization as needed in patients with intussusception.
- Contrast enema is diagnostic in approximately 95% of intussusception cases. It is therapeutic and curative in most cases with less than 24-hour duration.
Consultations
- Only perform a contrast enema in consultation with the surgeon caring for the child and the radiologist interpreting the study.
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Keywords
intussusception, telescoping of the bowel, prolapse of the bowel, intussusceptum, intussuscipiens, red currant jelly stool, upper respiratory illness, diarrheal illness, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, cystic fibrosis, Meckel diverticulum, intestinal polyp, intestinal lymphosarcoma, intestinal hematomas, mesenteric hematomas, hemangioma, treatment, diagnosis
Treatment & Medication: Pediatrics, Intussusception