Ileus in children presenting with diarrhea and severe acute malnutrition: A chart review.

Mohammod Jobayer ChistiAbu Smsb ShahidK M ShahunjaPradip Kumar BardhanAbu Syeed Golam FaruqueLubaba ShahrinSumon Kumar DasDipesh Kumar BaruaMd Iqbal HossainTahmeed Ahmed

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)

This study suggests that the identification of simple independent admission risk factors for ileus and risk factors for death in hospitalized severely malnourished diarrheal children may prompt clinicians to be more vigilant in managing these conditions, especially in resource-limited settings in order to decrease ileus and ileus-related fatal outcomes in such children.

Keyphrases

young adults
emergency department
type diabetes
palliative care
metabolic syndrome
case report
irritable bowel syndrome