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Investigations

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All infants under suspicion for this condition require:

  • full blood count
  • clotting screen
  • urea and electrolytes
  • blood culture
  • abdominal radiology, which when more severe may show thickened bowel with intra-mural gas. There may be multiple dilated loops, and there may be gas in the portal vein. In the most severe cases there may be perforation of the bowel, which is seen as free air on a shoot through of the abdomen.

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