Journal article
Contrast enema diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis
Pediatric radiology, Vol.22(2), pp.115-117
1992
DOI: 10.1007/BF02011309
PMID: 1501938
Abstract
Contrast enema was performed in a select group of 126 neonates with ambiguous diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Enema findings were compared with that on plain abdominal radiographs (AXR) and the clinical outcome. Thirty-one of the 34 patients with a discharge diagnosis of NEC were interpreted to have a positive contrast enema, and 91 of the 92 patients without a discharge diagnosis of NEC were interpreted to have a negative contrast enema. The AXR was interpreted as positive in 57 patients and as negative or indeterminate in 69. Not a single case of perforation was produced. Judicious use of contrast enema can improve specificity of diagnosis in cases with discordant clinical and plain radiographic findings.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Contrast enema diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis
- Creators
- S C Kao - Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa CityW L SmithE A Franken JrY SatoJ H SullivanJ A McGee
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric radiology, Vol.22(2), pp.115-117
- Publisher
- Germany
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02011309
- PMID
- 1501938
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
- eISSN
- 1432-1998
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984051745502771
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