PPT-Midgut volvulus

Lily Ghavi PGY1 JMHHoltz Pediatrics EM conference 6216 FT4 week old male previously well began experiencing symptoms of fussiness poor feeding since the morning of presentation Presents to ED 8 . Volvulus. Thamer. A. Bin . Traiki. Definition. Volvulus. refers to a torsion or twist of an organ on a pedicle. .. In colonic . volvulus. :. The bowel becomes twisted on its mesenteric axis with partial or complete obstruction & a variable degree of impairment of its blood supply .. Dr. . Rezvan. . Mirzaei. Clinical Evaluation. Symptoms. . Abdominal Pain. Rectal Bleeding, Anemia. Bowel Habit Change. Weight Loss. Mucus Discharge. Constipation & Diarrhea. Incontinence. History. . volvulus. Ross . Boreen. and Ellyn Krieg. Taxonomy. Onchocerca. . volvulus. . is a filarial worm. The diseases it causes is . onchocerciasis. Depending on where it infects the host it can be further classified as river blindness or . . (River Blindness). Amanda Kramer. WHAT IS RIVER BLINDNESS?. A neglected tropical diseased caused by the worm . Onchocerca. volvulus . and carried by . Simulium. . blackflies that can result in skin damage and blindness.. BIO.62. Onchocerciasis. (River . Blindness). http://. www.icp.ucl.ac.be. /~. opperd. /parasites/images/. worms.jpg. Most victims are in . sub-Saharan Africa. http://. www.who.int. /. mediacentre. /factsheets/. General information . Neonatal intestinal obstruction can be due to a variety of causes . Presenting clinical features are often similar . Bile-stained vomiting is never normal in a neonate and implies obstruction . Upper GIT congenital . anomalies . in neonates/infants. Hidayatullah Hamidi. 3. rd. year radiology resident, FMIC, Kabul. November 2015. www.afrad.org. Work steps. What is the question?. What is my responsibility?. 2011 Global Health Missions Conference. Louisville,. Kentucky. Presented by. Bruce C. Steffes, . MD, FACS, FWACS, FCS(ECSA). Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health (ASTMH). 
L E T T E R T H E E D I T O R OPEN ACCESS Bilious Vomiting and Volvulus: The Eyes Cannot See What the Mind Does Not Know Abid Qazi Dear Sir, Neonates referred fro 31 Cecal volvulus case report Introduction Caecal volvulus portrays torsion of the caecum Cecal volvulus is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain and intestinal obstruction, which if left untreated ca Cecal Volvulus Diagnosed on CT in Two Distinct Clinical Settings JOSEPH FARNAM, MD; MICHAEL WALLACH, MD CASE 1 A 55-year-old white female presented to the emergency department in moderate distress wi obstruction. persistent . paralytic ileus . vs. . early mechanical . obstruction. Early evidence . of obstruction (days 1–5) is usually due to non-strangulating causes such as fibrinous adhesions and . Gazang. T. Omar. Digestive system:. . Insects . may be phytophagous, . entomophagous. , wood borers, wool feeders . or saprophytic. , mainly feeding on the solid food material which may be a plant part . The . most common causes of . adult. large-bowel obstruction . Neoplasm . (benign or malignant). Stricture (diverticular or ischemic). Volvulus (colonic, sigmoid, cecal). Intussusception, usually with an identifiable anatomic abnormality in adults but not in children.