The approach to common abdominal diagnoses in infants and children. Part II

Pediatr Clin North Am. 1998 Dec;45(6):1287-326, vii. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(05)70092-4.

Abstract

Part I (August 1998 issue, Pediatric Clinics), discussed appendicitis and common abdominal diagnoses in infants and in children associated with vomiting, as well as special considerations in the evaluation of immunologically suppressed and neurologically impaired pediatric patients. In this article, the authors continue to discuss the evaluation of constipation, gastrointestinal bleeding, common abdominal masses, and recurrent abdominal pain.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / etiology
  • Abdominal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Abdominal Pain / surgery
  • Algorithms
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Constipation / diagnosis*
  • Constipation / etiology
  • Decision Trees
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Hirschsprung Disease / complications
  • Hirschsprung Disease / diagnosis*
  • Hirschsprung Disease / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Prognosis
  • Recurrence