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Euro Gastroenterology 2019 & Clinical Pharmacy 2019 Archives of General Internal Medicine | ISSN: 2591-7951 | Volume 3
Page 48
March 25-26, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
4th International Conference on
CLINICAL PHARMACY & PHARMACY PRACTICE
9th World Congress on
Joint Event on
OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
YEARS
INTUSSUSCEPTION: HIGHLIGHTED ASPECTS
Ahmad Almaiman
King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Intussusception is a clinical disorder characterized by the telescoping of a proximal part of the bowel into its
distal part. The point that invaginates into its adjacent part is known as the “Intussusceptum” (also referred to
as the lead point), while the distal segment that receives the folding is known as the ‘’intussuscipien’’. This is one
of the most important causes of acute abdomen in children, particularly infants and toddlers (3 months-3 years),
however it is a rare condition in adults and brings about a variety of symptoms and patterns; be it acute, inter-
mittent or chronic.
This disorder particularly triggers worrisome matters that are deemed target worthy in the clinical setting. One
of these matters is managing the possible shock that comes about with the excessive compromise of the mes-
enteric blood supply, which ends up thickening the intestinal wall leading to fatal complications of ischemia
and perforation. Intussusception’s diagnostic approach also happens to be its therapeutic approach, which is
non-operative reduction (be it air or barium enema).
The recurrence risk of intussusception is one that demands a cautious observation in an in-patient setting, as
the reduction management helps in limiting said risk allowing the recurrence to alter between 24 and 48 hours
onwards.
In recent years, there has been a presentation of this disorder in children who were provided with the Rotavirus
vaccine bringing about different post-marketing surveillances to understand the possible risks of developing
intussusception. Along with the general overview on the topic of intussusception the following highlights will
be included: an emphasis on the potential complications of intussusception, its distinguishing presentation be-
tween children and adults, favoring air over liquid enema in reduction management, and intussusception’s in-
creasing risk if/when the Rotavirus vaccine is given.
Ahmad Almaiman, Arch Gen Intern Med 2019, Volume 3 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C1-023
Ahmad Almaiman received his MBBS fromUniversity of Sharjah, College of Medicine in 2017. He conducted his internship
at King Khalid University Hospital in King Saud University Medical City, after which he travelled to USA to conduct an
observer ship in his field of interest paediatrics at the Paediatrics of Greater Houston Centre. He will be starting his
residency in the same field in October of 2019 under the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. Subspecialties of
interest to him include neonatology, gastroenterology and rheumatology. As part of his university curriculum in
community-based research, Dr Ahmad presented a research titled Lifestyle changes among freshmen students (2014),
which was published as an abstract and presented as a poster for the 4 th National Conference of Applied Psychology
in the UAE in March of 2016. Another publication he made was a research article entitled Intussusception: Highlighted
aspects (2018), which was published in both the Journal of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Disorders as well
as the Journal of Hepatology and Gastrointestinal Disorders, for which he delivered an oral presentation and spoke at the
17 th International Conference of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the UAE in September of 2018.
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