Pediatrics, Pyloric Stenosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Pediatrics, Pyloric Stenosis: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Pyloric stenosis, also known as infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS), is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infancy. IHPS occurs secondary to hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the muscular layers of the pylorus, causing a ...

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Pyloric stenosis is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infancy. Learn more about causes & symptoms. http://bit.ly/aecpQq

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