Pyloric Stenosis: Diagnosis and Management

The questions below should help focus the reading of this article. 1. What are the pathognomonic clin-ical features of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS)? 2. What is the pattern of familial oc-currence of IHPS? 3. What disturbances of fluid and electrolyte balance occur in IHPS? 4. What diagnostic studies are ap-propriate before surgery in the infant with IHPS? EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE 91. The pediatrician should have appropriate recognftlon of the role of ultrasonography in the diagno-sis of pyloric stenosis (Recent Ad-vances, 89/90)