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[Intestinal haemorrhage in infants and children (author's transl)]
Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie
|January 1, 1980
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Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage in children is common, especially in infants under one year old. Cardia insufficiency and intussusception are the most frequent causes of bleeding in pediatric patients.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Surgery
- Gastroenterology
Abstract:
From 1968 to 1977 at the Paediatric Surgical Dept. of the Surgical Clinic of Jena/GDR 160 children with gastro-intestinal haemorrhage were seen. Half of them were not older than 1 year. The causes of bleeding are various. Haemorrhage due to insufficiency of the cardia and intussusception dominates.