Intussusception used in a sentence

Intussusception in a sentence as a noun

The risk of intussusception increased 20 to 30 times over the expected risk for children of this age group within 2 weeks following the first dose of RotaShield® vaccine.

For example, the rotavirus vaccine has been known to cause intussusception in some small but non-negligible fraction of recipients.

Even though the suspension wasn't related to the earlier intussusception problem, I considered the incident sign of poor QC and/or a lack of respect for the FDA by the manufacturer.

The manufacturer of the vaccine, however, withdrew it from the market in 1999, after it was discovered that the vaccine may have contributed to an increased risk for intussusception, or bowel obstruction, in one of every 12,000 vaccinated infants.

It was pulled from the market, but Congress definitely got involved, an newer, unrelated rotavirus vaccines have very, very active post-market intussusception surveillance studies associated with them.

The official CDC website says that they found it definitely did cause intussusception:"The results of the investigations showed that RotaShield® vaccine caused intussusception in some healthy infants younger than 12 months of age who normally would be at low risk for this condition.