{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "kind": "condition",
  "id": "intussusception",
  "name": "Intestinal intussusception",
  "category": "chronic",
  "sources": "Child Intussusception - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431078/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class DD99.02 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "verified_against": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Intestinal intussusception - disease-level clinical article (intussusception-full.txt)",
  "verified_date": "2026-08",
  "treatments": [
    {
      "id": 1056,
      "generic": "No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)",
      "line": 1,
      "is_adjunct": false,
      "form": null,
      "strength_mg": null,
      "adult_dose": "Telescoping of one bowel segment into an adjacent one, causing intermittent colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and 'currant jelly' stools, most often in infants and toddlers. This is a surgical emergency needing immediate hospital transfer for radiologic (air/contrast enema) or surgical reduction; GP's role is recognition, analgesia if needed, and urgent same-day referral.",
      "adult_duration": "Refer, with advice",
      "dose_source": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
      "rationale": "Telescoping of one bowel segment into an adjacent one, causing intermittent colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and 'currant jelly' stools, most often in infants and toddlers. This is a surgical emergency needing immediate hospital transfer for radiologic (air/contrast enema) or surgical reduction; GP's role is recognition, analgesia if needed, and urgent same-day referral.",
      "cautions": [
        "No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.",
        "RED FLAG - Fever indicates bowel necrosis, perforation, and sepsis secondary to bowel ischemia.",
        "RED FLAG - Up to 10% of intussusception cases may recur within 24 hours after reduction.",
        "RED FLAG - Blood or mucus per rectum ('currant jelly' stool), a palpable sausage-shaped abdominal mass, lethargy or altered consciousness, or signs of peritonitis or bowel ischemia."
      ],
      "peds_mgkg_low": null,
      "peds_mgkg_high": null,
      "peds_max_mg": null,
      "peds_basis": null,
      "peds_unit": null,
      "peds_note": "Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.",
      "peds_min_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_max_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_age_min_months": null,
      "peds_age_max_months": null,
      "peds_age_bands": null,
      "peds_doses": null,
      "brands": [],
      "condition_id": "intussusception"
    }
  ]
}