Hirschsprung

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Hirsch·sprung

(hĭrsh'sprūng),

Harald, Danish physician, 1830-1916. See: Hirschsprung disease.

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Statistical comparisons were made between Hirschsprung and non-Hirschsprung's cases using Mann-Whitney U-test.

A comparative study of in vitro contractility between gut tissues of Hirschsprung's disease and other gut malformations

Primary versus staged pull-through for the treatment of Hirschsprung disease.

Novel Insights into the Pathogenesis of Hirschsprung's-associated Enterocolitis

The three most popular investigations for Hirschsprung disease are barium enema, histological study and anorectal manometry.

Role of barium enema in the diagnosis of hirschsprung disease

There is no problem in pediatric patients with Hirschsprung that aganglionic segment is located in colonic flexure while, the elderly patients may have limitations in this situation.

Totally transanal laparo-endoscopic single-site proctoColectomy-Ileoanal J-Pouch (TLPC-J): an experimental study of a novel approach

Biological findings highlighted leukocytosis with polynucleosis, thrombocytosis, normocytic anemia, hypoalbuminemia and complex metabolic imbalance (metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis), leading to the stage diagnosis of sepsis through enterocolitis in the context of a presumable Hirschsprung disease.

Enterocolitis in the evolution of an early diagnosed Hirschsprung disease--case report

Es de vital importancia preguntar respecto al momento de la primera evacuacion, pues un retraso superior a las primeras 72 horas de nacimiento, nos debe orientar a la presencia de la enfermedad de Hirschsprung (EH) (1,3,5-9).

Tomando decisiones en el estrenimiento funcional del lactante

Pseudo-Bartter syndrome due to Hirschsprung disease in a neonate with an extra ring chromosome 8.

Alcalosis metabolica hipocloremica como presentacion de la fibrosis quistica. Informe de dos casos

en seis pacientes que presentaban retardo mental, asociado a dismorfismo facial y enfermedad de Hirschsprung, sin embargo este ultimo hallazgo no se presenta en todos los casos; en dos de los seis pacientes descritos se evidencio una microdelecion en la region cromosomica 2q22, por lo que se sugirio que esta podria ser la responsable de la enfermedad.

Sindrome de Mowat--Wilson, primer caso reportado en Colombia. Importancia de un estudio ampliado por genetica

People with Hirschsprung disease have no nerves in parts of the large intestine, so muscles don't contract to produce regular bowel movements.

Nerve stem cells may treat intestinal disorder

Vandenplas et al (2009) list potential differential diagnosis of vomiting in infants and children to include a range of gastrointestinal obstructions or disorders, such as pyloric stenosis, Hirschsprung disease, food allergy, gastroenteritis, or neurological, infectious or metabolic disorders among others and any potentially serious or life threatening disorder should be excluded by the GP.

Identifying gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in infants

6 Hirschsprung desease 7 Dehydration , malnutrition and convulsive sydrome 8 Peumonia, sickle cell crisis , hypothyroidism 9 Esophageal rupture, mediastinal sepsis 10 Multilobar Pneumonia, dehydration, diabetes insipidus 11 Post surgical pieloplasty 12 Abdominal Sepsis, septic shock , convulsive syndrome 13 Limphoproliferative syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome.

Injuria renal aguda, aplicando la escala de pRIFLE en ninos del hospital universitario del Valle en Cali, Colombia: caracteristicas clinicas, manejo y evolucion

All three of her children had birth defects, including Hirschsprung disease (a congenital disorder of the colon) and kidney reflux.