Acute intestinal obstruction in Nigerian children.
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| ID: sea-124461
ABSTRACT
Over a 7 year period, intestinal obstruction accounted for 41.7 per cent of abdominal emergencies and 1.03 per cent of all paediatric admissions at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Of the total 76 cases of acute intestinal obstruction, intussuception was seen in 34 (44.7%), peritoneal adhesions in 17 (22.4%), obstructed hernia in 14 (18.4%), roundworm impaction in 4 (5.3%), volvulus in 3 (4.0%) while faecal impaction and mesenteric cysts were encountered in 2 children each (2.6%). Generally the patients presented late to the hospital and this accounted for the high post-operative morbidity and prolonged hospital stay. Wound infection occurred in 21.1 per cent of patients and formed the commonest post-operative complication. The overall mortality was 21.1 per cent.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Acute Disease
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Adolescent
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Infant
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Intestinal Obstruction
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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