Portal gas in neonates; is it always surgical? A case report

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BACKGROUND: Hepatic portal venous gas in infants is frequently due to late presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis which is considered a relative indicator for surgical intervention.

CASE SUMMARY: A preterm baby underwent an umbilical catheter placement and discovered in abdominal radiograph to have air in the portal venous system due to malpositioning of the umbilical catheter.

CONCLUSION: Hepatic portal venous gas in infants without signs of necrotizing enterocolitis could result from malposition of umbilical venous catheter, and in that case, should be managed medically, with no need for surgical intervention.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

World journal of clinical cases - 8(2020), 17 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 3804-3807

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Altokhais, Tariq Ibrahim [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case report
Catheter
Enterocolitis
Journal Article
Necrotizing
Neonate
Portal gas
Review
Umbilical

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.12998/wjcc.v8.i17.3804

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315251956