Using pyrolysis-gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, scientists from Fudan University and the Putuo District Center for ...

A full-term baby boy was transferred to the NICU at 30 hours of age with abdominal distention and failure to pass meconium. An abdominal radiograph showed dilated loops of small intestine.

Meconium is a thick substance that lines a baby’s intestines in the womb. A baby usually passes meconium after birth, but if they pass it early, the amniotic fluid may become meconium-stained ...

(BMC Gastroenterology) Meconium-related obstruction was most likely to occur among preterm infants and those with low birth ...