Essential Neonatal Medicine

Sixth Edition

Sunil Sinha, Lawrence Miall and Luke Jardine

Multiple Choice Questions

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Chapter 17, Question 1.


17.1 You are asked to review a 2-day-old term infant on the postnatal ward because of poor feeding and green-stained vomitus. On examination he is irritable and his abdomen is mildly tender, otherwise examination is normal. Which one of the following investigations is MOST LIKELY to give the diagnosis?

A Endoscopy.

B Upper GI contrast study.

C Lower GI contrast study.

D Plain abdominal radiograph.

E Ultrasound of the abdomen.