Meconium-ileus Sentence Examples

Approximately 10 to 15 percent of babies who inherit CF have meconium ileus at birth.

The meconium of a newborn with meconium ileus is thickened and sticky, due to the presence of thickened mucus from the intestinal glands.

Presence of meconium ileus is considered highly indicative of CF.

A child born with meconium ileus will be tested before leaving the hospital.

Infants with cystic fibrosis are more likely to experience meconium ileus (obstruction of a dark green material in the intestine in newborns).

In children with cystic fibrosis in which meconium ileus becomes evident soon after birth, the prognosis is linked with the primary disease; the median age of survival for cystic fibrosis patients is 30 years.