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Atropine sulphate: rescue therapy for pyloric stenosis
  1. Richard Peter Owen1,
  2. Sarah L Almond2,
  3. Gill M E Humphrey2
  1. 1Department of General Surgery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  2. 2Department of Paediatric Surgery, Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Richard Peter Owen, richowen83{at}hotmail.com

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) is a common condition which presents with non-bilious vomiting and failure to thrive secondary to gastric outlet obstruction. In the UK, management is by fluid resuscitation followed by pyloromyotomy. Incomplete myotomy complicates 0.3% of cases necessitating further surgery and exposing the patient to further risk. Medical management of IHPS with antimuscarinics to promote pyloric relaxation is a well-described treatment modality that is used as first-line therapy in some countries. The use of this technique is limited by the need for extended hospital admission with parenteral nutrition administration. We describe a case of IHPS complicated by incomplete pyloromyotomy and subsequently managed successfully by atropine sulphate therapy.

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