Gastroschisis

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Hi,

I was just wondering if those of you in bigger units have seen this condition before? we are due to be admitting a baby this week with suspected gastroschisis or omphalocele, it will be the first time we will be having a child with either of these conditions, in fact its a first for the Paediatrician as well, we are a very small unit only 6 beds

Basically I would just like to know in general the length of stay we can expect, how long typically do they wait before the first surgery and are they intubated and ventilated straight away at birth or is a wait and see situation?

thanks

qcumba,

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Thank you,

Kayte

Hi there, thank you Averysangels, will be in contact if I have any more questions, sory that I have been quiet, have been off from work with flu for the last few days, so am a bit out of the loop as to what is happening back at work, but when I left on Thursday, baby had been extubated day 1 post op and was doing ok, was on TPN and we were waiting on his first stool before they went back for the second op to close the abdomen. I hope to be back at work tomorrow, I really want to see how he's doing.

thanks again to everyone :)

Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

We have quite a few cases of gastroschisis at my hospital. In the 15+ months I've been there, I'd say we've had 4-6 cases (in a 20 bed facility). We're right on the border with Mexico, and I've often wondered if something in the diet/water/whatever in Northern Mexico leads to such a prominent presentation of this problem.

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

We have noticed that it has a higher incident in hispanic kids too.

Hi there,

Just dropped by to let you know how our little guy is doing, he is still npo, on tpn and went for his secondary closure last week the surgeon says all he bowels looked good, no necrosis or any thing, so for he is doing well, no complications at all, passing stools like a champ, Dr is waiting a couple more days before we can start small amounts of feeds. he is of course very crabby and hungry but otherwise ok. I am so pleased :) I hope it stays this way

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