Epidemiology of Childhood Intussusception and Determinants of Recurrence and Operation: Analysis of National Health Insurance Data Between 1998 and 2007 in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Solomon Chih-Cheng Chen (Author), Jung-Der Wang (Author), Hong-Yuan Hsu (Author), Mee-Mee Leong (Author), Teck-Siang Tok (Author), Yow-Yue Chin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To study the epidemiology of childhood intussusception and risk factors of recurrence and operation based on a nationwide data. Methods: Children with hospitalization due to intussusception (ICD9: 560.0) between 1998 and 2007 were identified from a national health insurance database. The incidence w...