CHILD INTUSSUSCEPTION

Course overview

INTUSSUSCEPTION IS A CONDITION IN WHICH PART OF THE INTESTINE FOLDS INTO THE SECTION NEXT TO IT. INTUSSUSCEPTION USUALLY INVOLVES THE SMALL BOWEL AND RARELY THE LARGE BOWEL. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE ABDOMINAL PAIN WHICH MAY WAX AND WANE, VOMITING, BLOATING, AND BLOODY STOOL. IT MAY RESULT IN A SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. OTHER COMPLICATIONS MAY INCLUDE PERITONITIS OR BOWEL PERFORATION. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE CAUSE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PRESENTATION OF INTUSSUSCEPTION AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.