아트로핀 정맥주사로 치료된 신생아 날문연축증 1례

아트로핀 정맥주사로 치료된 신생아 날문연축증 1례

Successful Treatment of Neonatal Pylorospasm with Intravenous Atropine: A Case Report

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Release Date : 2017. 10. 26(목)
Hyeong Jung Kim1, Jeong Eun Shin1,3, Joo Hee Lim1,3, Jung Ho Han1,3, Soon Min Lee2,3, Min Soo Park1,3, Kook In Park1,3, Ran Namgung1,3 , Ho Seon Eun1,3
Yonsei Univeresity Severance Children's Hospital Divison of Neonatology1
Yonsei Univeresity Gangnam Severance Hospital Department of Pediatrics2
Yonsei Univeresity College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics3
김형중1, 신정은1,3, 임주희1,3, 한정호1,3, 이순민2,3, 박민수1,3, 박국인1,3, 남궁란1,3 , 은호선1,3
연세의대 세브란스 어린이병원 신생아과1
연세의대 강남세브란스병원 소아청소년과2
연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실3

Abstract

Introduction : Pylorospasm is one of the cause of delayed gastric emptying in infants. Most pylorospasm patients present with projectile vomiting as in patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). But pylorospasm is different from HPS because there is no persistent stenotic lesion and it can be treated conservatively with watchful waiting. Antispasmodics has been proposed as a treatment for pylorospasm, but its use in neonates has been rarely reported. We present a case of pylorospasm diagnosed in neonatal period and treated successfully with intravenous (IV) atropine. Case : A 3180g male infant was born outside hospital at 38weeks 3days of gestational age. He showed marked abdominal distension from the first day of life, and he was referred to our hospital because the distension did not improve with 6 days of gastric decompression. Ultrasonography and gastrointestinal (GI) fluoroscopy showed no stenosis or hypomotility, but only segmental dilatation of small intestine. The resection of dilated bowel and ileostomy were performed at 10 days of age. Ganglion cells were present in all tissues obtained from biopsies. One week after the surgery, enteral feeding was tried but was soon stopped because of the repeated vomiting. From serial imaging studies, he showed only mild gastric distension. Despite careful feeding increase, residual milk remained above 80% each time we examined the gastric juice. Follow-up GI fluoroscopy showed the restricted muscle relaxation at pylorus, so he was diagnosed with pylorospasm. As the symptom did not improve during 3 weeks of conservative care, we started the administration of IV atropine to improve spasmodic movement of pyloric muscles at a dose of 0.06mg/kg/day, and then maintained it at 0.12mg/kg/day from the next day. Delayed gastric emptying was gradually improved and atropine infusion continued for 3 weeks. There was no clinical adverse effect from medication. After discharge, he didn’t show any eating problem and is currently in normal growth at the age of 18 months. Conclusion : This is the first neonatal pylorospasm case in Korea. As shown in this case, patients with delayed gastric emptying should undergo evaluation with the suspicion of pylorospasm. For the pylorospasm that is not responding to conservative care, IV atropine would be good treatment option.

Keywords: Pylorospasm, Atropine, Neonate