Retrospective Surveillance over 11 Years for Intussusception in Children Younger than 14 Years in the State of Qatar
Retrospective Surveillance over 11 Years for Intussusception in Children Younger than 14 Years in the State of Qatar作者机构：Department of Pediatric Surgery Hamad General Hospital Doha Qatar
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》 (儿科学期刊（英文）)
年 卷 期：2014年第4卷第1期
页 面：1-11页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题：Children Intussusception Surgical Reduction Therapeutic Contrast Enema
摘 要：Background: Accurate estimates of the baseline incidence of childhood intussusception could help safety monitoring after introduction of rotavirus vaccines. Therefore, we studied the incidence of intussusception in the state ofQatar. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed cases of intussusception in children younger than 14 years. Children were treated between 2002 and 2012 at a single hospital inQatar. We analyzed information according to age, sex, clinical signs, diagnostic- and treatment-related characteristics, and length of stay. We calculated the national incidence of intussusception using census data. Results: A total of 106 children were diagnosed and treated for intussusception over 11 years. The male to female ratio of intussusception was 1.4:1. The most common symptom was bleeding per rectum (37%). One hundred andfour children with intussusception underwent diagnostic and therapeutic contrast enema, and 31.7% of patients underwent operative management. The length of stay was longer in patients who underwent operative reduction thanthat in those who did not. Conclusions: This is the first study to estimate the incidence of childhood intussusception prior to introduction of rotavirus vaccination in Qatar. A prospective surveillance system using a standardized case definition would be useful for examining the occurrence of intussusception in theArabicGulfarea and developing countries.
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