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The Signs of Intusception in Children
Babies and young children can present with a constellation of symptoms. If they do have any of those historical features that we talked about, or they have significant tenderness or a mass on the belly exam, they're going to need an ultrasound. As long as there's no concern for perforation, the child goes on to air enema reduction,. That's under fluoro or ultrasound guidance, and it's successful like 80 to 90% of the time.
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