Mohamed Eltayeb Abdelrahman Naiem1*, Awad Rahamat Allah2 and Abdelbasit Elsayed Ali2
1Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Sudan
2Consultant Pediatric Surgeon, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum University, Sudan
*Corresponding Author: Mohamed Eltayeb Abdelrahman Naiem, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Sudan.
Received: April 15, 2021; Published: June 02, 2021
Background: Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) represents one of the fatal complications related to Hirschsprung’s disease. Early identification and proper management are crucial to prevent a great deal of morbidity, financial burden, and mortality related to this clinical condition.
Patients and Methods: The study is a Retro-prospective, descriptive-analytic, hospital-based study. The study was conducted in Soba university hospital and Ribat university hospital during the period from March/2015 to December/2016. Data were collected by a specially constructed questionnaire analyzed using the software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23.0.
Results: Fifty-two patients met the inclusion criteria, and 41 (78.8%) were males. Male to Female ratio was 3.7:1. The study population's age ranged from 1 week to 10 years, and enterocolitis was reported in 10 (19.2%) patients. On admission, the mean value of the Delphi Score was 5.44 ± 4.42. The patients attained more than 10 points on the Delphi scale, 8 of them were diagnosed with enterocolitis.
Conclusion: This study shows the efficacy of the Delphi score in the identification of HAEC and the pattern of Hirschsprung disease presentation among the Sudanese population.
Keywords: Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis; HAEC; Hirschsprung Disease; HD; Delphi Score
Citation: Mohamed Eltayeb Abdelrahman Naiem., et al. “Application of Delphi Score in Patients with Hirschsprung Associated Enterocolitis (HAEC): Two Sudanese Pediatric Surgery Centers’ Experience and Review of the Literature". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 2.6 (2021): 16-20.
Copyright: © 2021 Mohamed Eltayeb Abdelrahman Naiem., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.