Ileus Symptoms, Causes & More
Article Sources
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- 2. ’Intestinal obstruction and ileus.’ Medline Plus. www. medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000260.html
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When To Operate for Ileus
The decision to operate depends on the presence of certain factors, such as abdominal pain for more than four days and a high white blood cell count. Signs of peritonitis, including abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting or loss of appetite, may also be deciding factors.
A colostomy is a procedure that opens the bowel to the skin, necessitating a bag to collect waste. It may be used in cases of peritonitis, or in an elderly person who has other diseases.3Vilz T; Stoffels B; Strassburg C’Schild H; Kalff J. ‘Ileus in Adults.’ National Institutes of Health. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569564
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