Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2010
A full term infant was born after a normal pregnancy, delivery, however, was complicated by marginal placental detachment. At 12 hours of age the child, although appearing to be in good health, passes a bloody meconium stool. For determining the cause of the bleeding, which of the following diagnostic procedures should be performed first?
Answer options
- Gastric lavage with normal saline
- An upper gastrointestinal series
- Platelet count, prothrombin time, and partial thromboplastin time
- Barium enema
- An Apt test
Correct answer
Barium enema
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