Madhu Gupta, Ravi Kanojia, Adarsh Bansal, Shivani Aloona, Monica Rana, Arun Bansal, Jayashree Muralidharan, Kushaljit Singh Sodhi, Akshay Saxena, Mini P Singh, Bhavneet Bharti, Rajesh Kumar, Geeta Gathwala, Poonam Dalal, Suraj Chawla, Nayana P Nair
OBJECTIVE: To describe epidemiology of intussusception post-introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. METHODS: Hospital-based active surveillance system was set up in three tertiary care hospitals in Chandigarh and Haryana, India, to enroll children <2 y of age admitted with intussusception as per Brighton Collaboration Level-I criteria. The clinical characteristics, treatment modalities, seasonal trends, and outcome of the illness episodes were described. RESULTS: A total of 224 cases were reported...
January 16, 2021: Indian Journal of Pediatrics