PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Turner, D
AU  - Rickwood, A M
AU  - Brereton, R J
TI  - Intussusception in older children.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.55.7.544
DP  - 1980 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 544--546
VI  - 55
IP  - 7
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/7/544.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/7/544.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1980 Jul 01; 55
AB  - In a retrospective series of 37 cases of intussusception in children over 2 years of age, it was found that a subacute or chronic presentation was more common than in infancy, that few of them had rectal bleeding, and only a minority had a palpable intussusception. Diagnosis was often difficult but was helped by plain abdominal x-rays. Although the majority of children underwent surgery, with a 22% incidence of lead points, it is concluded that attempted hydrostatic reduction in these older children is not contraindicated, provided x-rays do not show small bowel obstruction.