Intussusception, the telescoping of one segment of the intestine into another, represents a common surgical emergency in infancy and early childhood. Rapid diagnosis and prompt reduction are essential ...

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 ...

In intussusception, usually a part of the small intestine invaginates (folds into) into another section of intestine. It is like part of a collapsible tubular telescope of a camera that retract into ...

Vomiting, abdominal pain and blood in stools are the classic triad that should alert nurses to the possibility of intussusception in a child Intussusception is defined as: “invagination or telescoping ...

The development of vaccines has been a triumph of modern medicine. 1 In addition to the eradication of smallpox and the near-eradication of polio, the past 30 years has seen an impressive decline in ...