Table 1 Patient characteristics of 50 infants with JIA

Birth

Boys

9 (50%)

16 (50%)

Gestational age (weeks)

37 (34–40)

38 (35–39)

Birth weight (grams)

2518 (2180–3169)

3020 (2300–3470)

5 minutes Apgar score

10 (8–10)

10 (8–10)

Caesarean section

4 (22%)

7 (22%)

Bile stained amniotic fluid

6 (33%)

4 (13%)

Prenatal ultrasound

9 (50%)

11 (34%)

 -polyhydramnion

2

6

 -hyperechoic bowels

2

0

 -bowel dilation

6

9

After birth

Meconium after 24 hours

5 (28%)

8 (25%)

Defaecation problems later on

3 (17%)

8 (25%)

Use of enema

1 (6%)

4 (13%)

Sticky meconium

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

Abdominal distension

15 (83%)

21 (66%)

Feeding problems / vomiting

9 (50%)

19 (59%)

Vomiting or aspiration of bile-stained gastric contents (nasogastric tube)

13 (72%)

24 (75%)

Dilated bowels (X-ray)

16 (89%)

27 (84%)

Surgery

Locus of atresia

 -jejunal

11 (61%)

14 (44%)

 -ileal

7 (39%)

18 (56%)

Age first surgery (days)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–4)

Stomy

3 (17%)

4 (13%)

Postoperative phase

Aspiration of bile-stained gastric contents (nasogastric tube) 7 days or more after surgery

10 (56%)

8 (25%)*

Defaecation problems

5 (28%)

3 (9%)

Start enteral feeding after surgery (days)

6 (5–9)

4 (2–6)

Time between start and full enteral feeding (days)

11 (7–26)

8 (5–10)

Short bowel

2 (11%)

3 (9%)

Complications

14 (78%)

11 (34%)*

 -reoperation necessary

11

8

 -infection

10

8

 -central venous line infection

5

3

 -clinical sepsis

8

6

 -pneumonia

0

0

Ventilatory support after 7 days

2 (11%)

1 (3%)

Chronic Lung Disease

1 (6%)

1 (3%)

Survival

14 (78%)

31 (97%)