Obstructive Disorders
A condition where one portion of the intestines telescopes into itself
What is intussusception?
The other name for inflammation of the vermiform appendix
What is appendicitis?
Manifests with watery diarrhea
What is short bowel syndrome?
The gold standard for diagnosis of Hirschsprung disease
What is rectal biopsy?
Meconium should be expelled within
What is the first 48 hours?
A classic sign of this disorder is projectile vomiting
A classic sign of this disorder is rectal bleeding
What is Meckel diverticulum
Nutritional support for the first phase of short bowel syndrome is provided through
What is total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
A classic sign of Hirschsprung disease
What is ribbon/pencil like stools?
When does the infant have voluntary control of swallowing
What is 6 months of age?
A condition where the intestines are abnormally fixated
What is malrotation?
The point over the right side of the abdomen where pain is felt in appendicitis
What is McBurney's Point?
This may happen to the bowel with long term TPN
What is bowel atrophy?
The other name for Hirschsprung disease
What is congenital aganglionic megacolon?
The most common craniofacia structural defect that occurs due to nonclocure
Cleft lip/Palate
The name of the surgery performed for treatment of pyloric stenosis
What is pyloromyotomy?
Name a differential diagnosis for appendicitis
What is UTI, ovarian cyst, ectopic pregnancy, IBD, gastroenteritis?
A common cause of short bowel syndrome
What is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
Name 3 differences between GER and GERD
What is failure to thrive, refusal to eat, respiratory symptoms, arching, generalized irritability and recurrent vomiting?
Fetal GI development composed of the esophagus, stomach, and proximal duodenum
What is the foregut?
The artery that supplies the intestines and is cut off when volvulus occurs
What is the superior mesenteric artery?
This duct fails to atrophy in Meckel Diverticulum
What is the omphalomesenteric duct?
Also known as gluten-induced enteropathy
What is celiac disease?
A disorder characterized by alternating diarrhea and constipation, flatulence, bloating, a feeling of urgency when needing to defecate and a feeling of incomplete evacuation of the bowel
What is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)?
The reason for the inefficiency of the infant's digestive enzymes
What is altered pH?