The terminology around ileus is somewhat confusing (eg terms such as adynamic, postoperative and paralytic), but for the purpose of this discussion, post-operative ileus is defined as a syndrome of functional inhibition of propulsive intestinal motility following surgery, as opposed to a motility ...
POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS Postoperative ileus (POI) is defined as "transient cessation of coordinated bowel motility after surgical intervention, which prevents effective transit of intestinal contents or tolerance of oral intake" (1). A "primary" POI occurs without being caused by postoperative complications....
Objective To observe the efficacy of Chinese medicine Dachengqitang (大承气汤) decection through the intestinal obstruction catheter treatment for abdominal early postoperative inflammatory ileus. Methods One hundred cases of abdominal early postoperative inflammatory ileus were divided into conventional treatm...
The mother may develop flatulence or constipation due to intestinal ileus (induced by pain or the presence of placental hormone relaxin in the circulation), loss of body fluids, laxity of the abdominal wall, and hemorrhoids.[58][59] The postpartum constipation is due to the progesterone-induced...
pain, ileus, adhesions, and septic peritonitis Butorphanol CRI dose: 13 mg/kg/hr Lidocaine dose: loading dose of 1.3 mg/kg over 15 minutes followed by a CRI of 0.05 mg/kg/min Benefits of lidocaine: prokinetic activity, likely by reducing inflammation, stabilizing cell permeability, ...
41.6% cases developed mediastinitis with unstable sternum due to no identifiable cause, 25% due to obesity and 16.6% each because of post-op ileus and persistent cough. Causative organism was identified to be gram positive cocci in 33% cases and MRSA (Methycillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)...
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; LASIK, laser-assisted in situ ker atomileusis; LSD, least significant difference; SD, standard deviation. Effects of accelerated cross-linking on corneal endothelium Discussion One considerable limitation of accelerated CXL is its impact on the corneal ...
complications,whichseriouslyimpactthevisualquality afterthesurgery. 誗CONCLUSION:Carefullypostoperativeexaminationat thefirst-timeisaneffectivewaytomanagesome complicationsofpost-LASIK.Thuspromotingthe diagnosisandtreatmentofpost-LASIKcomplications. 誗KEYWORDS:laserinsitukeratomileusis;corneal flap;complication Citation:...
Hallerback B, Bergman B, Bong H, et al . Cisapride in the treatment of post-operative ileus. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1991; 5: 503–11Hallerback B, Bergman B, Bong H, Ekstrom P, Glise H, Lundgren K, et al. Cisapride in the treatment of post-operative ileus. Aliment Pharmacol Ther ...
FDA approves alvimopan (Entereg) for the treatment of post-operative ileusHeidi Belden, PharmDDrug Topics