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- Title
Gastroschisis Associated Intestinal Dysmotility: What Can We Do?
- Authors
Bottu, Archana; Manzar, Shabih
- Abstract
The cause of gastroschisis is not fully known, but risk factors like prenatal tobacco exposure, maternal infection and maternal drug use are often associated. When gastroschisis occurs with intestinal dysmotility, the enteric interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) implicate the dysmotility and may ultimately impact the growth of an infant. Furthermore, neonates experience growth weight failure when not taking any enteral feedings secondary to dysmotility. We had a case of an infant with gastroschisis and intestinal atresia who had a prolonged course of feeding intolerance and abdominal distention after his bowel resection. His growth was preserved because of careful management of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) via a judicious nutrition plan.
- Subjects
INTESTINAL disease diagnosis; APPENDECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL motility; PARENTERAL feeding; INFANT development; GASTROSCHISIS; COMPUTED tomography; REHABILITATION; NEONATAL intensive care units; INTESTINAL diseases; TREATMENT effectiveness; NEONATAL intensive care; INFANT nutrition; ENTERAL feeding; FOOD intolerance; ENTEROSTOMY; BOWEL obstructions; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Journal of Neonatology, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 2, p345
- ISSN
0973-2179
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/09732179231198673