Intussusception in children aged under two years in India: Retrospective surveillance at nineteen tertiary care hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Intussusception has been linked with rotavirus vaccine (RVV) as a rare adverse reaction. In view of limited background data on intussusception in India and in preparation for RVV introduction, a surveillance network was established to document the epidemiology of intussusception cases in Indian children.

Methods

Intussusception in children 2-23 months were documented at 19 nationally representative sentinel hospitals through a retrospective surveillance for 69 months (July 2010 to March 2016). For each case clinical, hospital course, treatment and outcome data were collected.

Results

Among the 1588 intussusception cases, 54.5% were from South India and 66.3% were boys. The median age was 8 months (IQR 6, 12) with 34.6% aged 2-6 months. Seasonal variation wit

SUBMITTER: Das MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528221 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature