Before rotavirus vaccination, some 70,000 children each year would end up in the hospital with severe dehydration due to this ...

The risk of intussusception related to rotavirus vaccination was undetectable as a result of low vaccine coverage and limited statistical power. Significant risk factors for intussusception in infants ...

Risk for intussusception, a common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and toddlers, is slightly but significantly elevated after vaccination with currently licensed rotavirus vaccines, ...

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, led by Murdoch ...

The benefits of rotavirus vaccine “substantially exceeds” the risk for hospitalizations due to vaccination-associated intussusceptions, according to study data published online. Rishi Desai, MD, MPH, ...

Background and Aims: Intussusception is the one of the most common acute abdomen in children. Ultrasound is being increasingly used the diagnosis of intussuscption. Ultrasound was performed by ...

October 19, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Ultrasound is superior to 2-view abdominal radiography to rule out or confirm a diagnosis of ileo-intussusception in children, according to new research ...

INTUSSUSCEPTION may closely simulate Henoch's purpura with bleeding into the intestine; accurate diagnosis is of great importance, for the treatment of the first condition is surgical or by barium ...

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