TY - JOUR AU - Ionuţ Jeican AU - Gabriela Ichim AU - Dan Gheban PY - 2016/07/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN JF - Medicine and Pharmacy Reports JA - Medicine and Pharmacy Reports VL - 89 IS - 3 SE - Reviews DO - 10.15386/cjmed-600 UR - https://medpharmareports.com/index.php/mpr/article/view/600 AB - The article reviews the intestinal ischemia theme on newborn and children. The intestinal ischemia may be either acute - intestinal infarction (by vascular obstruction or by reduced mesenteric blood flow besides the occlusive mechanism), either chronic.In neonates, acute intestinal ischemia may be caused by aortic thrombosis, volvulus or hypoplastic left heart syndrome.In children, acute intestinal ischemia may be caused by fibromuscular dysplasia, volvulus, abdominal compartment syndrome, Burkitt lymphoma, dermatomyositis (by vascular obstruction) or familial dysautonomia, Addison’s disease, situs inversus abdominus (intraoperative), burns, chemotherapy administration (by nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia). Chronic intestinal ischemia is a rare condition in pediatrics and can be seen in abdominal aortic coarctation or hypoplasia, idiopathic infantile arterial calcinosis. ER -