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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458882003321

Autore

Delaney C. P (Conor Patrick)

Titolo

Postoperative ileus [[electronic resource] /] / by Conor P. Delaney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-54401-2

9786612544019

0-19-974948-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 p.)

Collana

Oxford American pocket notes

Disciplina

617.55401

Soggetti

Intestines - Surgery

Postoperative care

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table of contents; Introduction; Causes and pathophysiology; Diagnosis and clinical features; Prevention; Current pharmacological options for treatment and management; Nonpharmacological therapies; Emerging pharmacotherapies; Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

Ileus is a general functional inhibition of the propulsive bowel activity in the absence of mechanical bowel obstruction. Postoperative ileus (POI) is a more specific condition which is a transient cessation of coordinated bowel motility after surgery, preventing effective transit of intestinal content. Depending on the type of surgery, and especially when the bowels are involved in the surgery, the incidence can be high, affecting 4 to 20 percent of abdominal surgery patients. Typically, in the small intestine, it can last up to 24 hours; in the stomach, between 24 and 48 hours; and in the co