Clinical and radiological diagnosis of obstruction of the digestive tract in newborns and infants

Obstruction of the digestive tract in newborns and infants is often characterized by vomiting, stool retention (meconium), abdominal bloating, visible increased peristalsis in the first hours of the disease. However, these symptoms are nonspecific and may be observed not only in surgical but also in somatic, therapeutic diseases: sepsis, otitis media, pneumonia, intestinal infections. Associated complications, often a combination of several malformations of the digestive tract, heart and, finally, late admission of the child to the surgical hospital significantly complicate the clinical diagnosis of congenital, acquired, functional and organic disorders of gastrointestinal tract patency.