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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Neonatal Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Bilious vomiting in infants often signals surgical issues, necessitating inter-hospital retrieval for specialized care.
  • Timely assessment and management are crucial for infants with bilious vomiting due to potential surgical pathology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the incidence of surgical pathology, time-critical conditions, and cardiorespiratory deterioration in infants with bilious vomiting during retrieval.
  • To investigate the association between the need for cardiorespiratory support upon referral and the likelihood of time-critical pathology or deterioration during retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective observational study was conducted on 104 infants under 44 weeks corrected gestational age.
  • Data were collected over 103 months from an Australian retrieval service's electronic records for infants presenting with bilious vomiting or aspirates.

Main Results:

  • Surgical pathology was identified in 20.19% of infants, time-critical pathology in 5.77%, and cardiorespiratory deterioration occurred in 9.62% during retrieval.
  • Infants needing cardiorespiratory support at referral had a significantly higher likelihood of time-critical pathology (RR 6.93) and cardiorespiratory deterioration (RR 9.24) during retrieval.

Conclusions:

  • Findings aid retrieval services in optimizing response planning for infants with bilious vomiting.
  • Increased awareness of critical pathology risks and deterioration in supported infants can inform response timing and team composition for improved patient outcomes.