Failure to pass meconium
Sanchéz, L.L.; Lugo-Vicente, H.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 102(3): 62-67
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 23875523 Document Number: 643933
Failure to pass meconium during the first twenty-hours of life is a cardinal sign of a congenital low alimentary tract obstruction. This review article discusses a systematic approach when confronting such problem to help clinicians arrive to a correct diagnosis. Prenatal and postnatal diagnosis, imaging investigation, differential diagnosis and management of the more common causes of failure to pass meconium are reviewed.
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