RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intussusception in older children.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 544
OP 546
DO 10.1136/adc.55.7.544
VO 55
IS 7
A1 Turner, D
A1 Rickwood, A M
A1 Brereton, R J
YR 1980
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/55/7/544.abstract
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.