02548nam 2200601Ia 450 991045888200332120200520144314.01-282-54401-297866125440190-19-974948-5(CKB)2670000000013986(EBL)497613(OCoLC)609859839(SSID)ssj0000364078(PQKBManifestationID)11248658(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364078(PQKBWorkID)10394094(PQKB)10492675(MiAaPQ)EBC497613(Au-PeEL)EBL497613(CaPaEBR)ebr10375252(CaONFJC)MIL254401(EXLCZ)99267000000001398620080919d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPostoperative ileus[electronic resource] /by Conor P. DelaneyOxford Oxford University Press20101 online resource (41 p.)Oxford American pocket notesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-538446-6 Includes bibliographical references.Table of contents; Introduction; Causes and pathophysiology; Diagnosis and clinical features; Prevention; Current pharmacological options for treatment and management; Nonpharmacological therapies; Emerging pharmacotherapies; ConclusionsIleus 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 coOxford American pocket notes.IntestinesSurgeryPostoperative careElectronic books.IntestinesSurgery.Postoperative care.617.55401Delaney C. P(Conor Patrick)970220MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458882003321Postoperative ileus2205244UNINA