Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2403363 | Vaccine | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
⺠A workshop of African experts working on intussusception was convened by the World Health Organization in association with the Pan-African Association of Paediatric Surgeons (PAPSA). ⺠Delegates from 10 countries presented data from retrospective record reviews of intussusception events in children from 1993 to 2003 at selected hospitals in their respective countries. ⺠This review showed that age of intussusception onset during infancy varies markedly with peak prevalence between 4 and 6 months of life. ⺠Diagnostic modality (e.g., contrast enema, ultrasound) was employed in <20% of the events; nearly 70% of the intussusception events were diagnosed at the time of surgery. ⺠Overall, case-fatality was high, â¼13%, in these African countries.
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Authors
A. Duncan Steele, Manish Patel, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Joe S. Bresee, Eric Borgstein, Umesh D. Parashar,