Delayed occult gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to ulcer at site of neonatal ileoileostomy

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Pej Estakhri (Author), Karla Au Yeung (Author), Bindu K. Sathi (Author), Michael J. Allshouse (Author), Erik R. Barthel (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Elsevier, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Meconium peritonitis occurs in neonates after an in-utero bowel perforation. It can sometimes be treated initially with peritoneal drainage, and usually will also require a laparotomy, possibly with enterostomy, in order to evacuate remaining intraluminal meconium to relieve the resulting bowel obst...