A 6-month-old child woke up at night, crying with severe colicky abdominal pain, and later passed red currant jelly stools. What is the most likely diagnosis?
AMalrotation
BMeckel's diverticulum
CIntestinal obstruction
DIntussusception
Investigation of choice to diagnose hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in infants is
AGastroscopy
BCT scan abdomen
CUltrasound abdomen
DContrast radiology
How do you differentiate between mechanical obstruction and paralytic ileus?
APresence of multiple air-fluid levels in the bowel
BPresence of abdominal distension
CAbsence of rectal gas shadow in imaging studies
DElevation of hemidiaphragm on imaging
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