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ileus

[′il·ē·əs]
(medicine)
Acute intestinal obstruction of neurogenic origin.
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2) If incompetent, diffuse gaseous distention of both the small and large bowel results, making differentiation from adynamic ileus difficult.
Imaging the obstructed bowel and other intestinal emergencies
Perforation of the caecum complicating adynamic ileus Amer J Surg.
A rare case of spontaneous perforation of caecum following spinal injury
Depressed level of consciousness Impaired cough or gag reflex Inadequate gastric emptying Artificial airway Increased gastric residual volume Lying flat in bed Vomiting, regurgitation, reflux Adynamic ileus
Measurement of Gastric Residual Volume: State of the Science

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