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Pseudomembranous enterocolitis begins suddenly with copious watery or bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. Serious complications, including severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, hypotension, shock, and colonic perforation, may occur in this disorder.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Abdominal distention, increased gastric residue, bloody diarrhea, lethargy, metabolic acidosis, jaundice, disseminated intravascular coagulation, bradycardia
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pseudomembranous enterocolitis begins suddenly with copious watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever. Diarrhea, with or without blood, and abdominal pain may occur within 48 hours after administration of the drug. Signs and symptoms may begin with mild to moderate watery diarrhea with lower abdominal cramping. As the disease progresses, the patient may have profuse watery diarrhea with up to 30 stools per day and abdominal pain. Low-grade fever, along with abdominal tenderness and leukocytosis, occurs.
In a small number of presenting patients, colitis will develop with bradycardia, fever, abdominal pain, and distention. Serious complications may be associated with this disorder. They include conditions such as severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, hypo-tension, shock, and colonic perforation.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Any infant who has suffered from perinatal hypoxemia has the potential for developing NEC. A distended (especially tense or rigid) abdomen, with gastric retention, is the earliest and most common sign of oncoming NEC, usually appearing from 1 to 10 days after birth.
Other signs and symptoms include increasing residual gastric contents (which may contain bile), bilious vomitus, and occult or gross blood in stools. One-fourth of patients have bloody diarrhea. A red or shiny, taut abdomen may indicate peritonitis.
Nonspecific signs and symptoms include thermal instability, lethargy, metabolic acidosis, jaundice, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The major complication is perforation, which requires surgery.
Recurrence of NEC and mechanical and functional abnormalities of the intestine, especially stricture, are the usual cause of residual intestinal malfunction in any infant who survives acute NEC. They may develop as late as 3 months postoperatively.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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