,INDICATIONS FOR PROCEDURE: , The patient is a 4-year-old little boy, who has been sick for several days and was seen in our Emergency Department yesterday where a diagnosis of possible constipation was made, but he was sent home with a prescription for polyethylene glycol but became more acutely ill and returned today with tachycardia, high fever and signs of peritonitis. 
,INDICATIONS FOR PROCEDURE : , The patient is a 4 - year - old little boy , who has been sick for several days and was seen in our Emergency Department yesterday where a diagnosis of possible constipation was made , but he was sent home with a prescription for polyethylene glycol but became more acutely ill and returned today with tachycardia , high fever and signs of peritonitis .