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Vomiting
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Basics
Description
- Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of gastric contents through the mouth.
- Vomiting is a prominent feature of many disorders of infancy and childhood.
- It is often the only presenting symptom of many diseases.
- Regurgitation is defined as small, effortless mouthfuls of food or stomach contents.
- Retching is contraction of the abdominal musculature against a closed glottis, restricting expulsion of stomach contents (also referred to as “dry heaves”).
Pathophysiology
- Vomiting can be:
- A defense mechanism to expel ingested toxins
- An abnormality of, or damage to, the postrema area of the brain (a.k.a. the chemoreceptor trigger zone or vomiting center), which is located at the base of the fourth ventricle
- A result of intestinal obstruction or anatomic abnormalities
- Due to chronic gastrointestinal mucosal disease
- The result of a generalized metabolic disease
- A result of increased intracranial pressure
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Basics
Description
- Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of gastric contents through the mouth.
- Vomiting is a prominent feature of many disorders of infancy and childhood.
- It is often the only presenting symptom of many diseases.
- Regurgitation is defined as small, effortless mouthfuls of food or stomach contents.
- Retching is contraction of the abdominal musculature against a closed glottis, restricting expulsion of stomach contents (also referred to as “dry heaves”).
Pathophysiology
- Vomiting can be:
- A defense mechanism to expel ingested toxins
- An abnormality of, or damage to, the postrema area of the brain (a.k.a. the chemoreceptor trigger zone or vomiting center), which is located at the base of the fourth ventricle
- A result of intestinal obstruction or anatomic abnormalities
- Due to chronic gastrointestinal mucosal disease
- The result of a generalized metabolic disease
- A result of increased intracranial pressure
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Citation
Cabana, Michael D., editor. "Vomiting." Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics, 7th ed., Wolters Kluwer Health, 2015. 5minute, www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14006/all/Vomiting.
Vomiting. In: Cabana MDM, ed. Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14006/all/Vomiting. Accessed April 20, 2021.
Vomiting. (2015). In Cabana, M. D. (Ed.), Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics (7th edition). Wolters Kluwer Health. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14006/all/Vomiting
Vomiting [Internet]. In: Cabana MDM, editors. Select 5-Minute Pediatrics Topics. Wolters Kluwer Health; 2015. [cited 2021 April 20]. Available from: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/5minute/view/Select-5-Minute-Pediatric-Consult/14006/all/Vomiting.
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