MORTALITY RISK FACTORS FOR NEONATAL INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION

Congenital Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction

Intestinal obstructions among neonates are almost always congenital and pose a huge challenge for the neonatal as well as for the pediatric surgeons globally. The different physiological features from older children place all neonates in a unique group of population. Neonates with intestinal obstructions constitute major cause of surgical admissions in all pediatric hospitals. In a very superfi...

Acute neonatal intestinal obstruction.

Neonatal intestinal obstruction.

Anal atresia and anorectal malformations I ntestinal obstructions are the most common surgical emergencies in the neonatal period. Early and accurate diagnosis of intestinal obstruction is paramount for proper patient management. For evaluation and diagnosis, intestinal obstruction in neonates can be divided into either high or low obstruction on the basis of the number of dilated bowel loops p...

Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction

You are asked to evaluate a 12-hour-old newborn male infant because of bilious vomiting. Polydramnios and a dilated stomach were noted on serial prenatal ultrasounds, but amniocentesis was not performed. The infant was born at 36 weeks by vaginal delivery to a 35-year-old mother without complication. The infant has been irritable and has vomited dark-green bilious material with each of two atte...

[Risk factors for early neonatal mortality].

OBJECTIVE To assess risk factors for early neonatal mortality. METHODS A population-based case-control study was carried out with 146 early neonatal deaths and a sample of 313 controls obtained among survivals of the neonate period in the south region of the city of São Paulo, in the period of 8/1/2000 to 1/31/2001. Information was obtained through home interviews and hospital charts. Hierarc...