Lethargy as a presenting symptom in patients with intussusception.
The author's experience with lethargy in pediatric patients with intussusception was reviewed retrospectively over a 10-year period and proved to be a symptom elicited on admission in half of the patients. The results indicate that lethargy is an important symptom in patients with intussusception when occurring in association with vomiting, melena, or a palpable abdominal mass, or all three.
Heldrich
F J
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D010173:Palpation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012894:Sleep Stages