Whirlpool sign on ultrasound imaging in a preterm infant with suspected malrotation volvulus
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kate Graham-Evans; Rachael Harrison; Hannah Watts
- Source
- Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 106(4)
- Subject
- Artificial ventilation
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Neonatal intensive care unit
medicine.medical_treatment
Birth weight
Twins
Breast milk
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Mesenteric Veins
Mesenteric Artery, Superior
030225 pediatrics
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Neonatology
Ultrasonography
Vaginal delivery
Obstetrics
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Volvulus
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Gestation
business
Infant, Premature
Intestinal Volvulus
- Language
- ISSN
- 1468-2052
A twin infant was born at 23+5 weeks’ gestation by vaginal delivery after spontaneous onset of labour. He required inflation breaths and was intubated at 4 min of age. He was admitted to neonatal intensive care unit and received artificial ventilation but was otherwise haemodynamically stable. Birth weight was 0.593 kg. On day 3 of life, maternal breast milk feeds were commenced but …