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Intussuscepção

Last reviewed: 5 Feb 2026
Last updated: 04 Jun 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • sexo masculino
  • idade de 2 a 12 meses
  • cólica abdominal
  • vômitos
  • letargia/irritabilidade entre ondas de dor
  • sangramento retal/fezes com aspecto de geleia de morango
  • choque hipovolêmico
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Other diagnostic factors

  • palidez
  • massa abdominal palpável
  • baixa aceitação alimentar
  • distensão abdominal
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Risk factors

  • sexo masculino
  • idade de 2 a 12 meses
  • doença viral prévia
  • vacina de primeira geração contra rotavírus
Full details

Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • ultrassonografia
  • radiografia abdominal simples
  • enema diagnóstico
Full details

Tests to consider

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

clinicamente estável sem contraindicações para a redução por enema com contraste

com contraindicações à redução por enema com contraste e/ou clinicamente instáveis (por exemplo, choque, suspeita de perfuração, peritonite, evidência de necrose da parede intestinal)

ONGOING

recidiva

Contributors

Authors

Eduardo A Perez, MD

Professor of Surgery

DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery

Pediatric Adolescent Surgery

Miller School of Medicine

University of Miami

Miami

FL

Disclosures

EAP declares that he has no competing interests.

Carlos Theodore Huerta, MD

DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery

Pediatric Adolescent Surgery

Miller School of Medicine

University of Miami

Miami

FL

Disclosures

CH declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Eduardo A Perez and Dr Carlos Huerta would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Jonathan Sutcliffe, Dr David Hackam, Dr Steven C. Gribar, and Dr Rahul J. Anand, the previous contributors to this topic. JS, DH, SCG, and RJA declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Oliver Soldes, MD

Staff Surgeon

Department of Pediatric Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland

OH

Disclosures

OS declares that he has no competing interests.

Lewis Spitz, MBChB, PhD, FRCS, MD, FRCPCH, FAAP, FACS

Emeritus Nuffield Professor of Paediatric Surgery

Institute of Child Health

University College

London and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust

London

UK

Disclosures

LS declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Vomiting in Infants. 2020 [internet publication].Full text

Gluckman S, Karpelowsky J, Webster AC, et al. Management for intussusception in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jun 1;6:CD006476. Abstract

American College of Radiology. ACR-SPR practice parameter for the performance of pediatric fluoroscopic contrast enema examinations. 2021 [internet publication].Full text

Reference articles

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