RT Book, Section
A1 Bassiri, Daniel
A1 Pedoto, Alessia
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135740829
T1 Intestinal Obstruction
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641770
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135740829
RD 2024/04/20
AB Intestinal  obstruction  accounts  for  20%  of  surgical  admissions.  Conditions  leading  to  intestinal  obstruction  are  classified  according  to  the  relationship  between  the  obstructing  agent  and  the  intestinal  wall  (Table  86-1).  The  obstruction  can  be  extraluminal  (surgical  adhesions  from  prior  surgery  and  neoplastic  disease),  intraluminal  (strictures  and  abdominal  ileus),  intramural  (inflammatory  bowel  disease,  e.g.,  Crohn’s),  complex  (vascular  causes,  e.g.,  strangulation),  or  closed  loop  obstruction  (e.g.,  volvulus,  where  both  proximal  and  distal  obstruction  of  the  loop  of  bowel  is  present).