Background and Aims: Intussusception is the one of the most common acute abdomen in children. Ultrasound is being increasingly used the diagnosis of intussuscption. Ultrasound was performed by ...

The risk of intussusception within 1 to 7 days and 8 to 21 days after rotavirus vaccination was assessed in infants age 28 to 245 days. The risk for intussusception after monovalent human rotavirus ...

Intussusception occurs when a section of the intestine slides inside a nearby part. This movement causes the intestine to fold around itself, the way the parts of a telescope fit around each other.

The illustrative figure (Figure 1A of the article) in the Case Record involving a 10-month-old girl with vomiting and episodes of unresponsiveness (April 19 issue) 1 is incorrect because it depicts an ...

The development of vaccines has been a triumph of modern medicine. 1 In addition to the eradication of smallpox and the near-eradication of polio, the past 30 years has seen an impressive decline in ...