Teaching Points
- The character of the vomitus and the relationship to meals should be determined. A thorough clinical history and examination should be performed -
- Infants with bilious vomiting should be considered to have intestinal obstruction. Plain radiography and an upper GI contrast study should be considered
- Infants with non-bilious vomiting and suspected of having hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, should undergo ultrasonography
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