BILIOUS VOMITING IN A 9-MONTH-OLD INFANT

Authors
BRENNAN DF
Citation
Df. Brennan, BILIOUS VOMITING IN A 9-MONTH-OLD INFANT, Academic emergency medicine, 4(7), 1997, pp. 706-710
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Academic emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10696563
Volume
4
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
706 - 710
Database
ISI
SICI code
1069-6563(1997)4:7<706:BVIA9I>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A case of bilious vomiting in a 9-month-old male is reported. The diff erential diagnosis of infantile bilious vomiting is reviewed, and appr opriate diagnostic studies are discussed. The child was found to have intussusception. The common manifestation of this pediatric surgical e mergency may vary considerably from classic descriptions. Bilious emes is in infants must be considered a surgical emergency until proven oth erwise; intussusception may manifest as bilious vomiting only.