Paediatric Bowel Obstruction

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Presentations

- Vomiting

- Bilious: inferior to ampulla of vater

- Non-bilious: superior to ampulla (pyloric stenosisi)

- Colicky abdominal pain

- Constant pain: ischaemia

- Borborygmus

- Silent: ileus

- Distension

Common Causes

- Intussusception

- Volvulus Neonatorum

- Meckels Diverticulum

- Hirschsprungs Disease

- Meconium Ileus: Cystic Fibrosis

- Imperforate Anus

- Malrotation of gut