RT Book, Section
A1 Jacobs, Danny O.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1156515070
T1 Acute Intestinal Obstruction
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156515070
RD 2024/04/24
AB Morbidity  and  mortality  from  acute  intestinal  obstruction  have  been  decreasing  over  the  past  several  decades.  Nevertheless,  the  diagnosis  can  still  be  challenging,  and  the  type  of  complications  that  patients  suffer  has  not  changed  significantly.  The  extent  of  mechanical  obstruction  is  typically  described  as  partial,  high-grade,  or  complete—generally  correlating  with  the  risk  of  complications  and  the  urgency  with  which  the  underlying  disease  process  must  be  addressed.  Obstruction  is  also  commonly  described  as  being  either  “simple”  or,  alternatively,  “strangulated”  if  vascular  insufficiency  and  intestinal  ischemia  are  evident.