Postoperative ileus / by Conor P. Delaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delaney, C. P. (Conor Patrick)

Series:

Oxford American pocket notes.

Oxford American pocket notes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intestines--Surgery.

Intestines.

Postoperative care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (41 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-54401-2

9786612544019

0-19-974948-5

OCLC:

609859839