Dead Ends and Detours
1) Inability to pass suction catheter beyond upper esophagus
2) Presence of gas in bowel to indicate fistula between esophagus and trachea
3)Instillation of thin barium with fluoroscopy
4) Bronchoscopy
1) clinical signs -vomiting, residual volume, decreased bowel sounds
2) Radiographic presence of pneumatosis intestinalis
3) pneumoperitoneum
Vertebral
Anorectal
Cardiac
Tracheal
Esophageal
Renal or Genitourinary
Limb or Lumbar
This is the most common radiographic finding in infants with NEC occurring in >80%
What is pneumatosis intestinalis
Don't confuse this condition with midgut volvulus. The patients usually present earlier and are not as sick
What is duodenal atreasia
A) Meconium aspiration
B)TEF
C) Foreign Body
D) VACTERL syndrome