volvulus, childhood…

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volvulus, volvulus, x-ray, childhood volvulus, a volvulus, in this case occuring in childhood, twisting, the bowel, obstruction, the flow of material, the bowel, variable loss of blood supply, tissue death, a volvulus, the bowel becomes twisted, twisting causes, obstruction, the intestine, often cuts off the blood supply, intestine, resulting death, the intestine, in turn cause the person to die, malrotation, the bowel, fetal development, predispose infants to a volvulus, a volvulus, in the absence of malrotation, volvulus associated, malrotation often occurs early in life, in the first year, infants develop sudden onset signs of bowel obstruction, nausea, vomiting, bloody stools, abdominal pain, constipation, shock, generally dramatic enough that infants, taken early, critical, survival, abdominal tenderness, nausea, vomiting, vomiting green bile-looking material, bloody, dark red stool, constipation, difficulty expelling stools, distended abdomen, shock, a stool guaiac is positive, blood, in the stool, an upper gi x-ray, small bowel follow-through shows a malrotated bowel, midgut volvulus, a ct scan, evidence of intestinal obstruction, a barium enema often shows an abnormal position, the bowel, suggesting malrotation, blood tests to check the electrolytes, abnormalities, emergency surgery, repair the volvulus, an incision is made, in the abdomen, bowels, inspected, volvulus is reduced, that the bowels, untwisted, blood supply restored, a small segment of bowel is necrotic, dead from lack of blood flow, removed, ends, the bowels sewn back together, form a colostomy, ileostomy, tube, outside, bowel contents, removed, the term depends on, tube is formed, entire bowel is necrotic, outlook is poor, situation fatal, early recognition, the volvulus, prompt treatment generally results, good outcome, necrosis, the bowel occurs the prognosis, depending on how much bowel is necrotic, secondary peritonitis, short bowel syndrome, after removal of a large part, the small bowel, an emergency condition! symptoms of childhood volvulus develop rapidly, child becomes severely ill.