OBJECTIVE To assess the link between very early erythromycin exposure and pyloric stenosis in young infants. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Medicaid or TennCare (Tennessee's program for Medicaid enrollees and uninsured individuals) births in Tennessee from 1985 to 1997. Cases of infants with a hospital discharge diagnosis of pyloric stenosis and an associated su...

This study describes the functional or organic abnormalities of the upper digestive tract observed in Brachycephalic dogs suffering from chronic obstructive respiratory syndrome (CORS) and digestive disorders. The population that was studied includes thirty dogs (22 males, 8 females), 28 months of age on the average, belonging to 4 different breeds (22 French Bulldogs, 5 English Bulldogs, 2 Pug...

OBJECTIVE With recent advances in minimally invasive techniques, many surgeons are favoring laparoscopic over traditional "open" pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis. The results of few studies, however, exist in the literature adequately comparing surgical outcome. We present a retrospective analysis of 56 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopic or open pyloromyotomy. METH...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Use of oral erythromycin in infants is associated with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). The risk with azithromycin remains unknown. We evaluated the association between exposure to oral azithromycin and erythromycin and subsequent development of IHPS. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of children born between 2001 and 2012 was performed utilizing the...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic pyloromyotomy is associated with an increased risk of incomplete myotomy compared with open myotomy. We hypothesized that utilizing ultrasound measured length to direct laparoscopic pyloromyotomy would reduce the risk of incomplete pyloromyotomy without a concomitant increase in the risk of mucosal perforation. METHODS Infants (n=43) with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between use of macrolide antibiotics in mothers and infants from pregnancy onset until 120 days after birth and infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). DESIGN Nationwide register based cohort study. SETTING Denmark, 1996-2011. PARTICIPANTS 999,378 liveborn singletons and linked individual level information on macrolide prescriptions (maternal us...

An analysis of the factors which may predispose towards postoperative vomiting after pyloromyotomy for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis was carried out in 72 infants at this hospital. 26 (36%) infants experienced moderate to severe postoperative vomiting of sufficient intensity to cause the postoperative feeding regimen to be modified or interrupted. Only two parameters were found to be of statist...

A prospective study of abdominal ultrasound was undertaken in 100 consecutive infants who presented with a history of persistent vomiting aged 5 to 90 days. Each infant had a 'test feed' followed by an ultrasonographic scan of the pylorus at the cotside. On test feeding a palpable tumour was evident in 38 infants. On real time ultrasound using the criteria for diagnosing pyloric stenosis, these...

Introduction: The preoperative correction of the hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alcalosis in children with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is essential to optimal outcome. Aim: main aim study was assessment implementation hospital guidelines for intravenous fluid therapy IHPS. Material and methods: In our Department, at beginning 2018 were implemented. Two internal audits p...

introduction hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (hps) is among common gi disorders in young infants, with an incidence of 1-2:1000 live births in the world. in this study, we wanted to investigate the correlation between duration of symptoms before surgery and eradication of symptoms after pyloromyotomy in hps.   materials and methods one hundred and twenty five (102 boys and   23 girls) patients wi...