7feb 24 Flashcards
Bloody stools , intermittent abd pain
HO viral infection
Intussusception
Pathogenesis and epidemiology of intussusception
Telescoping of one bowel segment into adj segment (ileocecal)
Bowel edema ➡️ ischemia & Necrosis
Age 6M to 3Y most common
RF of intussusception
Hypertrophy if peyer patches (recent viral illness
Pathological lead point (meckel diverticulum , HSP , Intestinal tumor )
CF of intussusception
🤮Sudden intermittent abd pain and vomiting
🤮bouts of pain are progressive
🤮symptom free between episodes
🤮Pt drawing legs up towards abdomen with pain (flexes hips and crying inconsolably)
🤮Emesis may follow pain initially non bilious and later bilious as obstruction persists.
🤮Sausage shaped mass in Rt abdomen
(Normally ileocecal junction is in RLQ but invagination of ileum into Colon causes mass to be found in Rt middle or upper abdomen)
🤮Currant jelly stools (from bowel wall ischemia )
🤮Lethargy or AMS
Dx and Ttt
USG : Target sign
Ttt:
Air (pneumatic) or saline enema
Surgical intervention for failed enema reduction or signs if peritonitus
Necrotizing enterocolitis pathogenesis
Gut mucosal wall invasion by gas producing bacteria
Intestinal inflammation , Necrosis
RF for Necrotizing enterocolitis
⚽️Prematurity
Premature infants have dec bowel motility , inc intestinal permeability , immature host defenses
⚽️Very low birth wt. <1.5kg. 3lb 4oz
⚽️Enteral feeds (exposure to bacteria)
⚽️Infants with reduced mesenteric Oxygen delivery (cyanotic heart dx , hypotension)
Poor intestinal perfusion causes mucosal inf and necrosis and translocation of gas producing bacteria into bowel wall
CF of NE
Non specific :
Apnea Lethargy Vital Sign instability Leukocytosis Metabolic acidosis
GI :
Abd distention Feeding intolerance , bilious emesis Bloody stools
Xray finding of NE
Pneumatosis intestinalis (air in bowel wall)
Pneumoperitoneum. (Free air under diaphragm)
Air in portal venous system
Complications of NE
Sepsis
DIC
Late : strictures , short bowel syndrome
Management if Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Immediate ttt
Discontinue enteral feeds
NG decompression
Blood cultures and empiric antibiotics
IV fluid repletion
Monitoring Of NE
Serial complete CBC , electrolytes
Serial abd exams and imaging
Indication for surgery in NE
Bowel perforation (pneumoperitoneum)
Clinical deterioration despite medical management (bowel necrosis)
Delayed passage of meconium cause s
Hirshsprung dx
Meconium ileus
Pathophys of hirshsprung dx
Failure of neural crest cell migration
Hirshsprung dx level of obs
Rectosigmoid
Rectal exam of hirshsprung
Inc rectal tone
Positive squirt
Meconium consistency in HD
Normal
Dx of HD
Plain Xray :
Dilated bowel loops
Absent rectal gas
Contrast enema :
🛞Dilated descending colon
🛞Abrupt transition (between dilated proximal colon and aganglionic segment )
🛞Narrow sigmoid colon
Biopsy :
Rectal suction biopsy (diagnostic) shows absence of ganglion cells
HD associations
Downs
Meconium ileus pathophys
Obstruction by inspisstaed stool
Ass with Cystic Fibrosis
Obstruction level of Meconium Ileus
Iluem
Rectal exam of MI
Normal tone
Negative squirt
Consistency of stool in MI
Inspissated
Imaging of MI
Dilated small bowel
Microcolon
Ttt of HD
Surgery
HD S/S
Neonates :
Delayed passage of meconium
Bilious vomiting
Enterocolitis
Children/ adolescents :
Chronic constipation
Failure to thrive
HD physical exam
🌻Distended abdomen
🌻Tight anal sphincter
🌻Absence of stool in rectal vault
🌻Forceful stool expulsion on rectal exam