Incidence of Meconium Abnormalities in Newborn Infants With Cystic Fibrosis
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 134 (1) , 72-73
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130130054016
Abstract
• Review of the newborn nursery notes of 87 infants who had cystic fibrosis without meconium ileus (MI) indicated that 12 of them had clinical features consistent with the meconium plug syndrome (MPS). This high incidence of meconium abnormalities suggests that MI and the MPS probably represent different gradations of the same underlying pathologic abnormality. The findings further suggest that a quantitative pilocarpine iontophoresis sweat test be performed in every newborn infant with any type of meconium abnormality, including the spontaneous passage of meconium plugs. (Am J Dis Child 134:72-73, 1980)This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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