TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Intussusception A1 - Pershad, Jay A1 - Huang, Eunice Y. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - Intussusception is the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in children less than 3 years of age.Pneumatic or hydrostatic contrast medium enema is the diagnostic imaging procedure of choice for its reduction.Although the diagnosis is typically made with ultrasound, the emergency physician can proceed directly to the enema in clinically obvious cases.The child can be discharged home from the emergency department following the reduction of the intussusception after a short period of observation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105682711 ER -